On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 07:53:57PM -0500, Dan Mueth wrote: <snip> > 2) Packaging: Do these belong in gnome-audio in CVS? Should they > be shipped as part of gnome-audio-extras? Sounds tend to pretty big > (probably >1MB per theme), so we presumably want to have one default theme > that ships with GNOME and then the others go into gnome-audio-extras or a > similar package. I think we should have an official gnome sound release. There are some slight problems with these sounds. Namely too soft, too low (as in Hz) and too long. I have a computer that I can use to do some edits and things of that nature. It's a windows box, and for some reason these files are corrupt in windows. Any clues? > 3) Licenses: What licenses are appropriate for GNOME sounds? I noticed > that gnome-audio and gnome-audio-extras do not contain any license in > them. I don't believe the FSF has any license which is > appropriate. Should we use the OPL > (http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml)? Are there any other free/open > licenses which are suitable for sounds? I have this free music license. But I forgot the website that I got it from. I've attached it below. > 4) Metadata: It would be very nice if we could store copyright and > licensing information in the actual audio files. Does WAV or other sound > formats allow this? I think so, but I believe it limited to small number of characters. > 5) Events List: We need a list of events and associated sound file names > which would define a complete sound theme. Looking at the sound capplet, > how about we start with: > Panel->Expand panel/<theme>-expand.wav > Panel->Collapse panel/<theme>-collapse.wav > GNOME sys event->Login <theme>-login.wav > GNOME sys event->Logout <theme>-logout.wav > GNOME sys event->Informational Mess. <theme>-info.wav > GNOME sys event->Warning Mess. <theme>-warning.wav > GNOME sys event->Error Messages <theme>-error.wav > GNOME sys event->Question Dialogs <theme>-question.wav > GNOME sys event->Miscellaneous <theme>-miscellaneous.wav > UI event->Action Button Click gtk-events/<theme>-clicked.wav > UI event->Menu Item Activation gtk-events/<theme>-activate.wav > UI event->Check Box Toggled gtk-events/<theme>-toggled.wav > Are we missing any here? Yes, an important one too imho, a mail sound. We should use this opportunity to start the gnome sound project on the right track. Maybe get organized, a mailing list, and a coordinator/leader to start out with? Erik -- All music aspires to the condition of muzak.
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