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Mindwerks / wildmidi

WildMIDI is a simple software midi player which has a core softsynth library that can be used with other applications.
https://github.com/Mindwerks/wildmidi
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Make configuration file optional #209

Closed schickst closed 4 years ago

schickst commented 5 years ago

Hey,

in the ArchLinux Bugtracker is an old issue: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47508?project=1&only_watched=1&pagenum=1&order=dateopened&sort=desc

The error message is as follows: Tested with with WildMidi 0.4.3 System Error (_WM_BufferFileImpl:218) /etc/wildmidi/wildmidi.cfg (Unable to stat) : No such file or directory

It seems ArchLinux isn't providing a config file in its package. In the comments it is mentioned, that wildmidi is working fine with an empty config file.

While Arch isn't packaging it correctly, there is a better solution. Because of this, I propose to make the config file optional. I see no use in requiring a config file, which can be empty.

oreo639 commented 5 years ago

The config file is needed because it tells WildMidi where to find the GUS patchsets. You could just install freepats. I would imagine your freepats package would come with an example config, which you can copy to /etc/wildmidi/wildmdi.cfg Although you don't need to install freepats, as you can use a different config with different timidity/wildmidi compatible patchsets.

With an empty config file, while it would work, it wouldn't play any sound as it needs the patchsets to get the samples.

Maybe I am misunderstanding you though.

sezero commented 4 years ago

The config file is needed for the GUS patches. If a distro isn't providing a proper config file, it's their problem. Closing this as invalid.