Bug#385665: Fwd: Re: Bug#385665: fluidsynth needs non-free midi sound bank to function (Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 10:45 -0700)
Oh, a follow-up comment:
I do agree that the analogy with a pdf viewer and a web browser is a
perfectly adequate one, but we do have to consider what this analogy means.
A PDF viewer and a web browser are IMHO acceptable for main not just because
we include free PDFs and html pages in the archive, but also because our
users create content in these formats using free tools and will want to view
the results. Indeed, I've trivially created PDFs and html documents many
times... but I've never created a sound font before, which is why I want to
ascertain that it's within my ability to create a useful sound font using
the available tools before signing off on this theory for fluidsynth's
inclusion in main.
Thanks,
--
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
Reply to: