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task #14532: Submission of FRITZ!Box voicebox converter

Submitter:  Johannes Stezenbach <js2>
Submitted:  Fri 02 Jun 2017 08:12:22 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Fri 02 Jun 2017 12:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Mon 12 Jun 2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  ineiev Open/Closed:  Closed
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Mon 05 Jun 2017 01:04:49 PM UTC, comment #5: 

Thank you; approving.

Ineiev <ineiev>
Site Administrator
Mon 05 Jun 2017 11:14:08 AM UTC, comment #4: 

Hi,

it seems I might have a wrong understanding of Savannah's
purpose, even after I spent much time reading through the
documentation linked on the main page and to the left
under Site Help.
I was searching for a place to publish my source code
as free software and I didn't like e.g. github's terms
of use but I liked everything I read about Savannah.
I also browsed through the list of projects and found
several with similar scope, i.e. small scripts fixing
one or the other small issue.

So far I still don't understand if your concern is about
my project itself (too insignificant in your eyes) or the
resource usage on your servers. You talk about "its
need for a dedicated Savannah group", but what I expected
to get was a public git repo and release tarball download area,
maybe a bug tracker.  It's good Savannah offers more
features but that doesn't rule out projects which
don't need them, right?

If it is a problem for Savannah to provide a place for small
projects then you should clearly document it to avoid
such disappointments.

BTW, I'm not publishing this because I'm proud of my creation,
but because web search showed several other people were
searching for such a tool. There is a need for it.

In case you fear I would try to register tons of more
such tiny projects as ddcci-py and fbvbconv-py: that was
not my intention.  These two are the only ones from the
pile of my software creations that I think have general
interest and a potentially large user base.

I can't predict the future, maybe no one will use it,
or maybe it just works and doesn't need further
development.  But my expectation is to use some of
Savannahs features for future development on it.

Thanks,
Johannes

Johannes Stezenbach <js2>
Mon 05 Jun 2017 10:16:13 AM UTC, comment #3: 

The GNU project didn't start as a quick hack.  NAVSTAR didn't start as a quick hack.  The Encyclopédie didn't start as a quick hack.

Yes, my point is about the size: the users may send patches or may not, it may grow or may not.  Unless it does, it makes little sense to have a Savannah group for it; and until it does, its need for a dedicated Savannah group is limited.

Ineiev <ineiev>
Site Administrator
Sun 04 Jun 2017 06:29:08 PM UTC, comment #2: 

You have a point, but all great projects start
as quick hacks ;-) FritzBoxes have millions of users
in Germany so I expect people might send patches
to improve it, posting it in a blog is a dead end.
I also will disable all the savannah features I'm
not using (I did so in ddcci-py).

BTW, when I looked through other savannah projects
I found several similar small scripts, I assume
your objection is about my choice of words and not
about the project size?
FWIW, "quick hack" still means about two days of
research, coding and testing.

Thanks,
Johannes

Johannes Stezenbach <js2>
Sun 04 Jun 2017 05:05:46 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I'm not sure whether a quick hack really deserves a full-fledged Savannah group with all its trackers, mailing lists, repositories, web pages, download area and so on.  You could just post it somewhere in a blog.

What do you think?

Ineiev <ineiev>
Site Administrator
Fri 02 Jun 2017 08:12:22 AM UTC, original submission:  

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This project account will remain inactive until a site admin approves or discards the registration.


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Registration Details


  • Name: FRITZ!Box voicebox converter
  • System Name:  fbvbconv-py
  • Type: non-GNU software and documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later





Description:

fbvbconv.py is a quick Python hack to convert
FRITZ!Box voice box recordings from proprietary
format to wav.

Tested on Debian sid with Python 3.5.2.
Requires package libspeex1 (libspeex.so.1),
the speex decoder is called using Python's ctypes
module for simplicity.



Other Software Required:

speex codec, Xiph.Org variant of the BSD license
https://www.xiph.org/licenses/bsd/speex/
https://speex.org/



Tarball URL:

https://savannah.nongnu.org/submissions_uploads/fbvbconv-1.0.tar.gz


Johannes Stezenbach <js2>

 

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