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Nicola Ferralis (feranick) wrote : Update audacity to 1.3.6 and backport it to intrepid and hardy

Binary package hint: audacity

Upstream released 1.3.6 (currently 1.3.5 in hardy, intrepid, jaunty).
Request for update in jaunty and backport to hardy, intrepid.

In particular, this release fixes the bug in "Get Noise Profile", as explained here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/290100/comments/2

Complete changelog:
Changes in 1.3.6 Beta (since Alpha 1.3.6a6):

Interface:
        * "Save Compressed Copy of Project" saves in much smaller .OGG
           format to facilitate online transmission of projects
        * Improved MIDI import and export routines, and clearer color
           for selection region
        * Default temporary directory on Mac now accessible in Finder

Import / Export:
 * Stability improvements in on-demand loading
        * FFmpeg: support for latest version of library, improved
           version checks and error messages, stability improvements
           in custom exporter

Bug Fixes:
        * Crash in "Get Noise Profile" step of Noise Removal at project
           rates below 20480 Hz.
        * Underestimation of peak level in tracks with a small number
           of different peaks
        * Truncate Silence could result in repeated or lost audio if
           applied to the whole of a track
        * Other interface, generating, exporting and platform-specific
           fixes

Compilation:
        * Added autoconf macro archive to CVS, enabling *.nix users
           without this archive to build --with -MIDI