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diff --git a/audio/caps/UPGRADE.txt b/audio/caps/UPGRADE.txt index b7d3b27e5ca29..206028d4db929 100644 --- a/audio/caps/UPGRADE.txt +++ b/audio/caps/UPGRADE.txt @@ -1,32 +1,56 @@ +Upgrade notes: -0.9.24 upgrade notes: +It's a terrible idea to upgrade plugins while running programs are +still using them. Make sure you exit any application(s) that use the +caps plugins before upgrading. -Some of the plugin names and/or their parameters have changed since the -old (0.9.7 or 0.9.20) SlackBuild. - -If you're upgrading from 0.9.7, be aware that any of your scripts +Plugin names and parameters can and do change, between caps releases. If +you're upgrading from an older version, be aware that any of your scripts or projects that use caps (e.g. Ardour sessions, or jack-rack presets) -will need updating. For Ardour 2.x, if the changes prevent your session -from loading, try: +might need updating, especially if you're upgrading from a really old +version. + +For Ardour, if the changes prevent your session from loading, try: - Make a backup of your session directory (done with cp or tar, whatever). -- Start ardour2 with the -d (or --disable-plugins) option, load the session. +- Start ardour3 with the -d (or --disable-plugins) option. +- Load the session. - Remove the offending plugins from their tracks or busses. -- Save and exit -- Start ardour2 normally, load the session. -- Add the plugins back. +- Save the session. +- Exit Ardour. +- Start ardour3 normally. +- Load the session again. +- Add the plugins back. Manually. -If all else fails and you want to downgrade back to 0.9.7, you can -still build it with this SlackBuild. Upstream removed the 0.9.7 -source from their site, but there's a copy here: +If all else fails and you want to downgrade back to an older version, +you can still build many of them with this SlackBuild. Upstream removes +the old sources from their site, but there are several versions archived +here: http://urchlay.naptime.net/~urchlay/src/caps_0.9.7.tar.bz2 - -Build with: VERSION=0.9.7 DOCS=no ./caps.SlackBuild - -You can still build 0.9.20 as well: +[no documentation available for 0.9.7; package won't contain docs] http://urchlay.naptime.net/~urchlay/src/caps_0.9.20.tar.bz2 http://urchlay.naptime.net/~urchlay/src/caps-doc-unofficial_0.9.20.tar.bz2 -Build with: VERSION=0.9.20 ./caps.SlackBuild +http://urchlay.naptime.net/~urchlay/src/caps_0.9.24.tar.bz2 +http://urchlay.naptime.net/~urchlay/src/caps-doc-unofficial_0.9.24.tar.bz2 + +Build with a command like: + + root@box:caps# VERSION=0.9.7 ./caps.SlackBuild + +md5sums of the above files: + +7eea7c1f30363cca78f600544de271f4 caps-doc-unofficial_0.9.20.tar.bz2 +58eec76a6db744e13539101dd1f7c647 caps-doc-unofficial_0.9.24.tar.bz2 +0bb3935f6747a7087ca32a67bd0d8793 caps_0.9.20.tar.bz2 +c1d634038dcb54702306c0e30cb1c626 caps_0.9.24.tar.bz2 +d74582d3ae7a4244d3a77501693bbdf3 caps_0.9.7.tar.bz2 + +Other old versions not listed here may work, but haven't been tested. + +At some point, I may be forced to change the SlackBuild in a way that +will break compatibility with old versions. If that happens, and you +still need an old version, please let me know (at the email address in +the .info file). |