[Denemo-devel] [Fwd: Re: Interview About Denemo]

[Benoît Rouits]

Hi fella,
Don Parris contacted me to get an interview with the denemo developers
for the "Blue GNU" webnews. He would also be pleased if we could have an
IRC time with him (Adam?).

He has sent me those questions (below) for the team. I propose that
everyone interested should reply to this email on my address and i will
collect the information and send it to him. cheers,
- Benoît

P.S. please put your name whit your replies.

Below is the interview:

-------- Message transféré --------
> De: D.C. Parris <address@hidden>
> À: Benoît Rouits <address@hidden>
> Sujet: Re: Interview About Denemo
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:33:02 -0400
> 
> Hi Benoît,
> 
> Thanks for responding.  The time you mention for IRC is a bad time for  
> me.  However, I can e-mail you the questions, and let you post them  
> for everyone to answer.  Perhaps you can all take turns answering.   
> Then you can send me back the responses from your chat session.  Is  
> that helpful?
> 
> Here are my questions:
> 
> [] When and why was Denemo started?
Ben: I think it started in 1999, by Matthew Hiller.
> 
> [] Where does the project stand at this point?
Ben: we are in a debugging phase (or we should be!).
> 
> [] How many active developers currently work on Denemo?
Ben: about 4 persons plus some spontaneous contributors.
> 
> [] How does Denemo compare (in your view) to other projects?
Ben: I see Denemo as the "vi" editor for music.
> 
> [] Can you give me any idea of how big and/or active the Denemo user  
> community is (maybe some examples of organizations that use it)?
Ben: I don't know how big we are, but we get several user bugreports at
any time, so i know i'm not alone to use it :-)
> 
> [] What needs to be accomplished before the next release of Denemo?
Ben: Ah.. good question. for my part, i should work on the ALSA
sequencer interface, but i'm so lazy you know!
> 
> [] What are the biggest obstacles the Denemo team faces in development?
Ben: A lack of documentation for the code itself and... also our chief
should slap our back to encourage us to code. And he also should give us
candies when we are good ;-)
> 
> [] Is there anything else about Denemo you think our audience should know?
Ben: Yes, Denemo is still young and need testers and patchers.
> 
> Regards,
Thank you
> Don
> 
> Quoting Benoît Rouits <address@hidden>:
> 
> > Hie Don,
> >
> > I am pleased me and Aaron to be interviewed for Blue-GNU.
> > In fact, we are several developpers around the world and we
> > can "talk" on IRC: chat.frenode.net channel #denemo
> >
> > The core developers are
> > - Adam Tee (chief architect) USA
> > - Jeremiah Banham (UI coder) USA
> > - Aaron Mehl (Docs and tips, Web) ISRAEL
> > - myself (system stuff, sequencer) FRANCE
> > plus two active developpers i didn't met.
> > at this time, we do not code very much but are in a testing phase.
> >
> > a Rendez-vous at 7-8 PM GMT can be ok for the whole group.
> > Tell us when you want to meet...
> >
> > Thanks again for preparing you interview.
> > - Benoît
> >
> > Le lundi 13 août 2007 à 21:54 -0400, D.C. Parris a écrit :
> >> Hi Benoît,
> >>
> >> I would like to interview you (and Aaron, if possible) regarding
> >> Denemo for publication on Blue GNU.  The interview is a general
> >> introduction to your project, aimed at raising awareness of the
> >> various GNU and other Free Software projects.  So far, such interviews
> >> have generated between 1k-2k reads, which is outstanding for such a
> >> new site.  People have reported learning of new projects through these
> >> interviews.  It might help bring in more developers, or at least more
> >> users, to help your project grow.
> >>
> >> Blue GNU is a Free Software news publishing business and can be found
> >> here: http://blue-gnu.biz/
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >> Don
> >
> 
> 
> 
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