Hi. Sure, I am well aware of this problem (and those documents). Following Francois advises and utils/rpm/jmax.spec, I compile jmax as multiple packages, including one in contrib (jmax-java), the others in free.
Paul. On Monday 07 April 2003 04:00, Marco Trevisani wrote: > 07/04/2003 alle 00:08:36, +0100, Piem [AKA pub] ha scritto/escribió/wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Version: unavailable; reported 2003-04-06 > > Severity: wishlist > > > > * Package name : jmax > > Version : 4.0.2 > > Upstream Author : Francois Dechelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * URL : http://www.ircam.fr/jmax/ > > * License : GPL > > Description : visual programming environment for music and media > > Hi, > > even if jmax is licensed as GPL it depends, in order to work, on > non-free software, java2 (java runtime environement from either SUN or > IBM) plus Swing. > Check: > http://www.agnula.org/project/deliverables > deliverable 3.1.1 > > or download directly the pdf: > http://www.agnula.org/project/deliverables_and_documents/3.1.1-composition- >interactive-software.pdf > > There is a detailed analysis. This is the reason why, for example, it > was not included in the latest Agnula release. ON the other hand, > last week, IRCAM made a call for Python VOlunteers in order to *free* > completely jmax. I attach here that call if there is someone here that > could be interested interested in participating. > > ----- > AGNULA: Call for Python Volunteers > > The AGNULA ("A GNU/Linux Audio Distribution") is working on the > creation of two entirely Free Software GNU/Linux distributions for > professional audio users based upon Debian GNU/Linux and RedHat. > > Unfortunately, there is one application that depends on proprietary > Java implementations for its GUI, so at the current state it would not > be possible to include that package in a fully functional way. > > That application is jMax, a visual programming environment for > building interactive musical and multimedia applications and a > contribution to AGNULA by IRCAM, the music center of the Centre > Pompidou in Paris, France. > > The most likely solution of this problem seems the creation of a > Python-based Free Software GUI for jMax that can replace the current > Java GUI. Unfortunately IRCAM is lacking the people that could > complete this task and cannot do it without help. > > So we are now looking for volunteers who are interested in helping > create a Python GUI for this remarkable application. Volunteers can > subscribe to the mailing list at > > http://listes.ircam.fr/wws/info/jmax > > to get in touch with the other developers working on jMax > Although IRCAM cannot do the development all by themselves, they offer > priority support (response times within 24hrs during working days) to > everyone who'd like to help out. > > If you'd like to find more information about the issues and what has > been tried to resolve them, that is available at > > http://fsfeurope.org/projects/agnula/java.html. > > If you were looking for interesting audio projects to get involved in, > this might be a good opportunity - all help will be appreciated! > > Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ > > > ciao, > marco
