[ubuntu-studio-devel] Ardour stuck in proposed [Was: check-in and reminder release candidate on April 6th]

[Len Ovens]

On Sat, 1 Apr 2017, Ross Gammon wrote:

> On 04/01/2017 02:11 AM, Len Ovens wrote:
>> Ross, thankyou for all the help. I notice that Ardour 5.5 is in
>> proposed. I downloaded it and tested. Everything I have tested so far
>> works.
>> Recorded audio and midi. played back successfully. Plugin GUI doesn't
>> seem to crash things. Except ... calf plugins :(  of course calf
>> plugins are known for that and other things.
>>
>> Anyway, is there someone who would want to know my findings on a
>> proposed package. where would I report that it runs for me?
>
> Apparently Ardour 5.5 is uninstallable in Zesty at the same time as
> aubio & denemo:

Ardour uses libaubio. Do we ship denemo? For an audio flavour, shipping an 
old version of Ardour is like saying use another distro.

> http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/update_excuses.html
>
> http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/update_output.txt
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ProposedMigration
>
> It is tough to work out why (the output is not that useful for a human).
> I will see if I can work it out today, and ask for help if I fail.

Yes that is hard to read, frustrating even.

I also believe there is a 5.0 version available for 16.04 that has not 
made it in there either. As I have been asked more than once how I got it 
(from proposed I think), it would be nice to have something on the web 
site I could point people to for proposed/backports or whatever.

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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net