<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Alf Haakon Lund <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alf@mellomrommet.no" target="_blank">alf@mellomrommet.no</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello list,<br>
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Irecently started educating myself to the wonders of Ardour. Then today I became aware of the 'What's new' section on Ardour's website (<a href="http://ardour.org/whatsnew.html" target="_blank">http://ardour.org/whatsnew.<u></u>html</a>). This section strongly encourages linux distros to upgrade to Ardour 3.5.403 and even states that it's irresponsible not to.<br>
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My system, Ubuntu Studio 14.04, is still running Ardour 3.5.308~dfsg-1. I'm familiar with Ubuntu's policy of choosing the latest (or stablest) version of a program at the time of release and then sticking with that until the next ubuntu release.<br>
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Now my questions are:<br>
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1. I guess I should become a subscriber to get the latest and greatest version. How does that work in practice - I subscribe and then get access to a 'secret' PPA?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>you can get a PPA that supplies newer packages, such as ardour. but, PPA's are not officially supported by ubuntu, and, you will be on your own with support, which, with the strong support team or ardour its self, that is not a problem, just something to be aware of.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
2. Can someone explain to me the deeper meaning of version numbers?<br>
I mean, does the difference in version numbers (3.5.403 vs 3.5.308) really mean that the Ardour team released almost a hundred updates not incorporated into Ubuntu Studio 14.04?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>you'd have to ask ardour team how they release, and the versions, though, im sure they are not sequential.. but, ubuntu studio *is* ubuntu.. its frozen. the versions of most software that the OS ships with, are what the versions stay (except for example firefox, which is patched and updated).. ubuntu is not a "rolling release", so, when new versions of ardour come out, they are *not* automatically updated. backporting a newer version of ardour into the 14.04 LTS version, for example, since, its officially supported for 3 years, can happen. more information at <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports</a>..</div><div><br></div><div>i say, try and just be aware of where the burden of support is.. what i mean, is... you are using ubuntustudio. it ships with what it ships with.. those packages are tested, and built to run on that OS. *if* you need/want a newer version, there are many ways to do that. for example, the PPA"s you reference.. but, *then*, its not ubuntu's package. its the creator of the PPA's responsibility to support your package, and you may find that is not ok with your needs.. </div><div><br></div><div>also, if you want support from the ardour community, you will be asked, and required to run the version from the ardour site. what do i do? i personally decided to contribute, and i have access to download the latest supported version from the ardour team, realizing, that running that version means i go to the ardour team for support with it, not the ubuntu team, since, its from the ardour team.</div><div><br></div><div>what do i suggest for you? regardless of what you are doing, or using, you should have *good* backups.. have backups for your projects, so that *when* your hard drive *does* fail (as all do) you will have a backup.. this will have the added benefit of allowing you to address any issues you may or may not have with ardour version instability. then, i say, just use the stock version, unless you are having an issue, or want to use the latest from ardour. as they saying goes, "if it aint broke.." and it seems like you are just "researching" potential problems with ardour and the operating system, rather than trying to address a specific problem you are having.. </div><div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div><br></div><div>holstein</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Best wishes,<br>
Alf<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br>
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