Re: [iiwusynth-devel] FluidSynth release

[Peter Hanappe]

Josh Green wrote:

Hi Josh,

> I'm still curious whether we are shooting for API freeze or not for the
> upcoming release. 

Yes, we are. As soon as the API is fixed, I propose we do the name
change and call it a pre-release. In my mind I keep March 14th as
a goal although I don't dare to say it too loud considering the
poor progress I have been making lately. Also, I don't want to go over
this to lightly because the API may have to go a long way. That's why
things like the sample and preset callbacks should be in there so
you don't get stuck.

I started working with doxygen for the documentation, made a Doxyfile
for the configuration. I'd like doxygen to only analyse the public
header files but I don't seem to be able to get it running correctly.
doxygen ignores nearly everything in the headers. Any hint is welcome.


> Also I remember one other todo item.. Peter mentioned
> that the sfloader API could be changed to define the callbacks on a per
> type basis rather than for each item. That would seem a bit cleaner,
> although perhaps not absolutely necessary for this release.

I think that API change should be kept for the development version
after we released the first version. That changes are to big for the
current version.

There are other things I would like to fix (like replace the use of
iiwu_midi_event_t with the more generic iiwu_event_t). But again, the
changes are too important for the first release. Oh well.


> To be honest I've backed off on doing any direct development on
> FluidSynth, since I'm unsure of what the goals are, not necessarily
> anyones fault, I'm sure ya'll are pretty busy. I was kind of expecting a
> little more communication though. 

Bug fixes that don't change the API are no problem. API changes are
delicate. New features should be avoided.

Did you get a chance to test the sample and preset callbacks? I'd
like to now if it's sufficient for you to get started with the sample
management. It's currently no ideal solution, I know.



Cheers,
Peter

> Cheers.
>         Josh