[Ardour-Users] Which distro best supports Ardour using the Delta 44 (ICE1712)?

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Your point may be true Paul, or it may not. If today he chooses
>> distroX and then at some future time he finds that distroX doesn't
>> currently support a library you used for some future version of
>> Ardour, then it *could* (not will) be an issue. I hated my days using
>> Fedora for exactly that reason. What's going to change this going
>> forward? Binary releases with everything built in?
>
> precisely.
>
> i wasn't make any point about any particular distro. we're tired of
> playing the distro game, so future versions of ardour will be
> available in a distro-neutral, binary package that includes everything
> except glibc and the X libraries.
>
> --p
>

Glad we agree on the distro point.

Binary releases are fine for those what want to use them, assuming
there's no glibc or X library incompatibility issue lurking just below
the surface.

However, what about those of us who *want* to build from source? I
hope you're not suggesting we won't always be able to? I like watching
code build. It's so relaxing... ;-)