qtractor moved to Fedora

[Orcan Ogetbil]

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:50 AM, Nicolas Chauvet wrote:
> Le 20 mai 2012 23:24, "Kevin Kofler" a écrit :
>
>> Nicolas Chauvet wrote:
>> > But in this case I wonder why not to simply override the no
>> > replacement policy ? At least a good reason would need to be provided
>> > for still obeying this policy.
>>
>> Users in countries which obey software patents might not want their
>> patent-
>> compliant package silently replaced by a patent-encumbered one.
>
> It doens't hold, RPM Fusion free is fully made of patent encumbered
> components by design.
> Which make me wonder if we really need to requires the
> rpmfusion-free-release from the rpmfusion-nonfree-release from patent point
> of view.
>
> My point is that people using mp3 enabled qtractor from current RPM Fusion
> shouldn't received a disabled package either.
>

I agree that this is a very compelling argument for most packages in
RPMFusion. Many packages we have in RPMFusion focus on
decoding/encoding patent encumbered media, mostly functioning towards
"player" use cases. Nevertheless most users are listeners/viewers,
rather than producers.

Qtractor, on the other hand, aims to be a audio creation application
for semi-professional/professional use. MP3 support is not critical
for good quality audio production since you usually want to to work
with lossless audio in realtime, e.g. with WAV files. (As an analogy,
consider folks working as a visual effects artists for motion
pictures. They certainly don't work with reduced quality compressed
video.)

Therefore, as the original qtractor maintainer, I did not mind Brendan
to take over the package in Fedora. I suppose, having qtractor in
Fedora will inflate its user base mostly thanks to the new Audio spin.

Thanks,
Orcan