[6484] in SIPB bug reports
Re: xmcd
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chad brown)
Sat Sep 13 01:52:05 1997
To: Jered J Floyd <jered@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>, bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "12 Sep 1997 22:29:03 EDT."
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Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 01:51:53 EDT
From: chad brown <yandros@MIT.EDU>
Now, Jered, be civil... Joanna sent mail about the audio locker out
to many people this summer... It's a volunteer effort with even less
free time than sipb.
> I personally had no troubles with it; I primarily use it under Linux,
> though. The version in the audio locker is a version out of date, doesn't
> use remote databases, and won't let me change CDs without leaving xmcd.
The version in the audio locker works fine with remote databases. I
have no problems changing CD's or any of that. What kinds of problems
are you having?
> I've sent multiple messages in the past to bug-audio, the most recent
> being today. I've never received a response before; maybe today's
> mail will be different but I doubt it. The audio locker seems to
> exist solely to trick people into thinking there's a place to find
> supported audio tools on Athena.
The audio locker exists to provide a central place for come people to
provide audio tools on a volunteer-support basis. (like so many other
lockers..) If you sent mail to bug-audio, I'd be surprised, since I
don't recall getting it. :-) Perhaps you should send bug-audio mail
again, with specific problems for linux? The locker is `owned' by
Tom, who may not want to give more people access, but if you offerly
nicely and Joanna wants help, maybe he'll be willing.
> > and the version on consult is not there for all platforms.
> > The phrase "thrown out" comes to mind.
>
> Yes, the version in consult should be thrown out.
It was, at, I believe, a request from me. I would like the number of
installed versions of xmcd to be `1'.
