Is it MIDI yet?

[Joel Ray Holveck]

I've been holding off on going to 5.3 because the MIDI driver 
evaporated.  I'm getting a bit tired of waiting.  I know that nobody 
owes me anything when it comes to FreeBSD, but you can understand that 
I'm a bit frustrated.

What happened to the new framework?  Why was the old framework removed? 
  Should it be re-added, until the new one is finished?

Cheers,
joelh