On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 03:05:59AM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 06:36:34PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > >>> If you aren't aware of any free sample bank, this doesn't mean they > >>> don't exist... > >> This is not the way it works. > > IMHO it is the way it works. > > I'm sorry, but it's not. Debian policy, section 2.2.1: > > [...] the packages in _main_ > * must not require a package outside of _main_ for compilation or > execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", "Recommends", > or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-_main_ package), > > Unless you really want to split hairs, I'd say it's reasonable to say that > fluidsynth requires an external synth bank for execution. There's no such > thing in main, thus it can't go into main.
Swami for example uses fluidsynth as its synthesizer engine and works perfectly without external sound banks. We definitely disagree on this matter. Feel free to raise the question to the Technical Committee and I'll follow their recommendation whatever it might be. Regards, -- Eric VAN BUGGENHAUT [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
