LMMS requires an internet connection to install lmms-vst

Bug #507316 reported by Eric Hedekar
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: lmms

LMMS is included in the Ubuntu Studio install disks and the 'recommends' status of lmms-vst forces the install procedure to be connected to the internet to successfully install ttf-mscorefonts-installer (through the dependency of wine). This caused many failed installs during the Karmic cycle.

The cleanest fix for this is to turn lmms-vst to a 'suggests' rather than a 'recommends'. This will not install the vst capabilities by default, but those looking for VST (proprietary plugin format) functionality will easily be able to install the extra package. Furthermore this will encourage people to embrace the open ladspa and dssi plugin formats. No VST plugins are available from the ubuntu repositories, so there is minimal argument for keeping this feature as a 'recommends'.

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Eric Hedekar (stochastic) wrote :

Attaching a debdiff fix for this bug, merely switching lmms-vst to a suggests.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lmms - 0.4.5-0ubuntu2

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lmms (0.4.5-0ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low

  * Changed lmms-vst to a suggests (LP: #507316)
  * Changed maintainer address to <email address hidden>
 -- Eric Hedekar <email address hidden> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:45:51 -0800

Changed in lmms (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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