Thank you so much for your contributions, Erich! Using Fedora Jam helped re-introduce me
back to the Fedora project and it has been a great platform for learning audio development
and music production on Linux. I wish you the best of luck on your endeavors with Ubuntu
Studio and Kubuntu Focus.
I want to make sure it stays active as a place to test the new Pipewire stack along with
various audio apps. I know this is a bit of a controversial topic in audio production
circles, but I do believe it can become a better experience if we keep testing and
polishing it and Fedora Jam seems like the best place to do this. I would like to learn
more about what I can do to keep this running. I looked for more info at Spins SIG -
Fedora Project
Wiki<https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG>, but it just says
“Spin Owners - Need to write expectations for Spin Owners”. Is there anyone I could talk
to off-list on what the expectations are and how to get involved?
Over the last few months I have learned how to use the various packaging tools, testing
and voting on packages on bodhi, modifying package groups, building livecds and cloud
images, and so on. I do not use all the packages listed below but might be able to pick up
some over time.
Thanks again Erich!
Cheers,
Patrick
From: Erich Eickmeyer<mailto:erich@ericheickmeyer.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2021 6:40 AM
To: Development discussions related to Fedora<mailto:devel@lists.fedoraproject.org>
Subject: Stepping down as Fedora Jam maintainer
Hello all,
A little over a year ago, I came to the Fedora project to revive and modernize the Fedora
Jam project. I have successfully done that. My vision was that it would be a great way to
help develop and test the most recent advancements in Linux audio.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, life has a way of changing for the good or the bad. Back in
November, I was offered an opportunity that I could not pass-up: becoming the User
Experience Director for the Kubuntu Focus brand of laptops made by MindShareManagement.
Since then, I have become an integral member of that team, directly reporting to the CTO,
CEO, and President, working directly with the PR and Sales and Marketing directors. It has
been a blast, and is a project that works directly with Ubuntu and Debian to create, as we
put it, the "Ultimate Linux Laptop". As a MOTU for Ubuntu, this was a perfect
fit.
I didn't come here to be a shill for Ubuntu or to advertise my work, but rather, to
illustrate the level of involvement. It has taken up a majority of my time, and my work
with Ubuntu Studio is directly involved with the project as well as both Ubuntu Studio and
the Kubuntu Focus laptop have similar synergies.
Because of the amount of time involved in these projects, something has to give. For that
reason, I must step-down as Fedora Jam maintainer. My plan is to continue to maintain
certain packages within Fedora (which, admittedly, I've been slacking on), but I am
orphaning the vast majority of my packages. Here's the list:
Add64
dssi
dssi-vst
fedora-jam-backgrounds*
fedora-jam-kde-theme*
fluidsynth
fluidsynth-dssi
freqtweak
gnome-guitar
harmony-seq
hexter-dssi
jackctlmmc
jmeters
libinstpatch
lv2-c++-tools
lv2-fabla
lv2-ll-plugins
lv2-mdaEPiano
lv2-newtonator
lv2-sorcer
lv2-swh-plugins
lv2-vocoder-plugins
meterbridge
non-daw
portmidi
radium-compressor
realTimeConfigQuickScan
whysynth-dssi
xsynth-dssi
*These packages have pagure repos which I'd be happy to hand over to whoever takes
these.
I do want to thank everyone for the opportunity, including Matthew Miller, Ben Cotton,
Neal Gompa, and many others that helped me revive this project. I'm sad to let it go,
and I'm not sure what's going to happen to it, but I hope someone who has a
passion for the latest technologies in Linux Audio and music production can take it over.
Thanks,
Erich Eickmeyer