[Savannah-register-public] [task #13614] Submission of Flac2all

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                 Summary: Submission of Flac2all
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: ziva_vatra
            Submitted on: Wed 13 May 2015 07:20:15 PM GMT
         Should Start On: Wed 13 May 2015 12:00:00 AM GMT
   Should be Finished on: Sat 23 May 2015 12:00:00 AM GMT
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

A new project has been registered at Savannah 
This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or
discards the registration.


= Registration Administration =

While this item will be useful to track the registration process, *approving
or discarding the registration must be done using the specific Group
Administration
<https://savannah.gnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=11452> page*,
accessible only to site administrators, effectively *logged as site
administrators* (superuser):

* Group Administration
<https://savannah.gnu.org/siteadmin/groupedit.php?group_id=11452>


= Registration Details =

* Name: *Flac2all*
* System Name:  *flac2all*
* Type: non-GNU software and documentation
* License: GNU General Public License v3 or later

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==== Description: ====
Flac2All is a parallel processing script that converts flac files to a range
of other codecs. Existing in some form since 2005 it has grown quite popular
for conversion of peoples music collections.

It is written in Python, and runs on Linux (FreeBSD support is in the works).


It is currently being hosted at googlecode
(https://code.google.com/p/flac2all/) but they are shutting that down. As the
project has grown it is getting harder and harder to constantly migrate.
savannah.gnu.org has been around since I was young, and if accepted, I believe
that this will be the last project migration I need to do. From thereon I can
concentrate on the code itself. 


==== Other Software Required: ====
python + modules (www.python.org)
flac (https://xiph.org/flac/)

The program can function with just these two dependencies. I've not included
the others as they are optional, but the full list of currently supported
codecs are visible on the googlecode page. 


==== Other Comments: ====
Please contact me if you need more information or clarification. 

Also, do you offer a way of migrating data off googlecode?

Having read you hosting requirements, I notice this section "To be hosted on
Savannah, your project must be free software, and it must be kept independent
of any non-free software. The package must not refer the user to any non-free
software; "

My software has a module that does flac->aac conversion, using Nero's aac
encoder for Linux (proprietery). This was used because at the time it was the
only AAC encoder for Linux, and because it gave the best quality output. It
was a request from users. In future I intend to write a module for a FOSS AAC
encoder (probably ffmpeg/avconv based) and make that the default, but I am
loathe to remove an existing feature users explicitly requested. 

What is GNU.org stance on this part of my project? Would it be acceptable as
is?


==== Tarball URL: ====
http://flac2all.witheredfire.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi






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