Requesting an update for the Ardour packages to the newest Debian package, 0.99.2-2.
This release fxes many significant bugs reported upstream, and fixes for four bugs in Debian:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=333432
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=341299
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335999
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=333966
The Debian maintainer, Robert Jordens, said to me in private communications, "Ubuntu might be very interested in ardour 0.99.2 since it fixes the timefx mode which was broken in 0.99*." (Bug #333432)
Here is the official list of issue fixes from upstream:
0.99.2 release - This is the second maintenance release of the Ardour 0.99.x series. Several issues were discovered and fixed that we deemed important.
* fixed issues with send gain causing glitches and zipper noises
* fixed send metering issue
* added periodic safety backups to provide better crash recovery protection
* fixed a plugin editor crash
* fixed issues that caused record operations on large track counts to fail (that means no more GUI request buffer errors!)
* other minor fixes
0.99.1 release - This is the first maintenance release of the Ardour 0.99.x series. Many serious issues were fixed and stability is improved.
* sessions are now interoperable between linux and mac
* Ladspa automation crackling fixed
* Trim start to edit cursor fixed
* Unique id for plugins is stored so that plugin name changes won't break sessions
* Fixed a metering crash due to routes having more active streams than outputs
* Cross-endian native wave file handling fixed
* Read/write locks for routes & diskstreams for better thread safety and glitchless saves
* Allow compiles without veclib optimization for Mac Os X 10.3
* Reorganized editor layout to make it fit in 1024x768
* Fixed various crossfade undo and update operations
* Region copy & trim undo corrections
* Fixed crash with localized export dialog
* Better hardware monitoring
* Fixed crash when looping with click
* Record enable midi feedback fixed
* Much more responsive automation midi feedback
* MTC timing latency compensation
* Fixed a memory leak when saving
* Prevent false overrun reports
* Minor fixes to export GUI
* 64 bit SSE
* fix compilation issues with gcc 4.0
* New scons parameter for system architechture and fpu optimization
* Select all fixed
* Petter Sundlof (peppo) included in contributors
I believe that all of these improvements are substantial, and warrants a UVF exception. Personally, I have experienced several of these issues in using Ardour, and I did not use it extensively yet (due to some of the issues).
The new packages can be gotten here: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/ardour/
They compile on my system with no issues, and no changes. The previous Ubuntu delta can be discarded, as it was only for a build-dep version which has now been updated in Debian's package, so a merge is all that is required.
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