Re: Presentation + A debian-based for audio creation and production, stage technics and video blend (or "the future of TangoStudio")
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Aurelien wrote:
> To end up, we're currently listing all the features that were in
> TangoStudio and that appear to us as "essentials" for that type of
> audio/lights/video specialised users. The list is not complete by now,
> but clearly, it has to deal with:
>
> - having realtime property, priorities, memlock, open file numbers and
> so on preconfigured,
We have RT kernels in wheezy and later:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-3.2.0-4-rt-amd64
RealtimeKit is in Debian:
http://packages.debian.org/sid/rtkit
Dunno about the other stuff.
> - avoiding pulseaudio by default
Just ensure that the blend metapackage(s) don't depend on it.
> - having several packages not in debian yet (Non quadrilogy, Tapeutape,
> Tranches, Q Light Controller...), and maybe having an experimental
> branch for bleeding-edge softwares to be tested ; also having several
> packages compiled with different options from Debian official (this
> might be discussed)
Some links to info about getting software into Debian:
http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/packaging-tutorial/packaging-tutorial
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/Sponsoring
We have an official suite for experimental stuff:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental
Not sure what you mean by "different options", could you explain more?
In any case, anything that is not in the archive can't be a "Debian
Pure Blend", then it becomes a Debian derivative.
> - a (graphical) installer with more options/questions than it has by now
> (like what GUIs do you want: XFCE, LXDE, TouchScreen GUI, none, or
> again what softwares pack should be installed at installation time:
> audio production, audio for live, video, base-system, and so on),
Debian has an installer that has both console and graphical interfaces
(both are front-ends to the same thing). Integrating Debian Pure
Blends into the Debian Installer is something that should have
happened a long time ago but it doesn't seem like anyone has bothered
to work on that yet.
> - a selection of preconfigured WM from the Light-Gnome that TangoStudio
> had, to a very light Openbox, without forgetting that touchscreen
> thing which is more and more used in live conditions (sound guys often
> can't make the difference between an OS and the WM they use)
Different WMs are going to be useful in different situations and
everyone has their own preference, best leave that choice to the
person installing the system.
> and first of all, this "blend" or "distribution" or "Debian Custom"
> should be packed as iso files, so that anyone might install it easily
> (as TangoStudio did).
There are zero specialised Debian Pure Blends creating iso images
(live or installer) that are distributed on the official Debian
infrastructure, the only blends doing that are the generic
GNOME/KDE/Xfce/LXDE desktop blends and the standard/rescue images.
http://www.debian.org/CD/
--
bye,
pabs
http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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