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Subject: Re: dropping vmpk in favour of jack-keyboard
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:59:32 +0200
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Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:21:25PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>> Hi Guix,
>>=20
>> a while ago I noticed that the software provided by the =E2=80=9Cvmpk=E2=
=80=9D package
>> doesn=E2=80=99t work.  It is supposed to create a window displaying a MI=
DI
>> keyboard that can be used to send MIDI messages to other applications
>> via JACK, but it does nothing at all.  I tried to debug this but I
>> cannot seem to find the cause.
>>=20
>> Now that we have =E2=80=9Cjack-keyboard=E2=80=9D, which works just fine,=
 I=E2=80=99m thinking
>> about just removing =E2=80=9Cvmpk=E2=80=9D.  What do you think?  Any obj=
ections?
>
> I don't have any opinions about vmpk, but I think it would be good to
> ask upstream for advice about the buggy behaviour, if there is active
> upstream maintenance.
>
> But, I know that means doing more work for a package you don't need
> anymore. So I understand if you prefer to remove the package.

Same here.  And I trust your judgment on the usefulness/usability, so if
there=E2=80=99s no feedback within a week or so, I=E2=80=99d say you can go=
 ahead.

Ludo=E2=80=99.