CLAM roadmap

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Contents 1 CLAM Roadmap 1.1 1.0 CLAM release (very short term) 1.2 1.x CLAM release series (mid term) 1.3 Further development

CLAM Roadmap

1.0 CLAM release (very short term)

• Due by the first or second week of February
• Main goals: installers for the three platforms (lin, mac, win); get clam applications and libs included in major linux distributions (ubuntu and debian, at least. Maybe fedora core); provide usage videos and announce the release widely. At least two quick and minor release will happen before 1.0 to get more users feedback.
• Tasks:
  • Bug hunting session.
  • Add mp3 & ogg support to mac
  • Edit univers lliure video
  • Maybe do new screencasts
  • Mac osx installers (dmg) for all clam applications. intel+powerpc
  • Update Fedora Core packages (insist on existing planet-ccrma spec file)
  • Inclusion to debian (insist piem) and ubuntu (contact motu people) repositories

1.x CLAM release series (mid term)

• The 1.x releases roadmap will be refined when we release 1.0
• Due by March
• Three main goals: code clean-up, improve clam extensibility mechanisms, and add (many) useful examples for a wider user base.
• Tasks:
  • Incorporate the work of Andreas (pfc student) on clam plugins.
  • Remove unneeded modules (vmfltk, move vmqt to smstools, etc.)
  • Reorganize directories to better match built libraries
  • Simplify the build system (scons)
  • Make adding new processings as easy as few clicks
  • Write tutorials on how to extend clam
  • Make processing, widgets, and audio backends libraries act as plugins, not dependencies.
  • Develop a suite of alsa and vst plugins with user-interface (maybe audio-unit also)
  • Do some videos (screencast) of plugins usage and announce widely

Further development

There are lots and lots of ideas on features for CLAM 2.0. A long-term roadmap will be defined during 1.x development.Of course, feedback from the users will be very important.