Jaroslav, I must respectfully point out that your response proves that there *is* a problem. This solution is *compicated*. You're a smart guy. You probably feel you understand all its implications. Perhaps you do. But, most ALSA users and developers *do not* and *will not*.
I am sorry to report that ALSA has a bad reputation on other forums (like debian-users). People appreciate the technology, but they can't get it working, usually because of some silly problem like this one. For every "clueless newbie" who asks for help on alsa-users there are nine more who just shrug their shoulders and give up on ALSA. ALSA 0.9.0-rc3 was released with a trivial mistake that prevented the source from even compiling. We should have immediately released rc4 with a fix for this error. Instead, we're replacing the broken rc3 source with an rc4 that requires changes in source or configuration to compile anything. Pretty soon, no one outside this list is even going to take ALSA 0.9.0 seriously. If we don't, why should they? Clearly, making this non-release-critical interface cleanup has created a release-critical level of confusion. I ask you again: *please* back out this change. Jaroslav Kysela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems, that you're not understand the compatibility. > > 1) build library with --with-compat-rc3 and place it to some > other directory > 3) build library without --with-compat-rc3, place it to > /usr/lib as usuall > 4) build alsa-utils and newer applications > 5) build older applications with compatible library compiled > with --with-compat-rc3 > > Old and new software will co-exist without any problems. Perhaps, we > can have some good default place for rc3 compatible library and add an > autoconfiguration code to alsa.m4. My suggestion is to use /opt/alsa/rc3 > directory for this job. Comments? -- Jack O'Quin Austin, Texas, USA http://www.stellajazz.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: AMD - Your access to the experts on Hammer Technology! Open Source & Linux Developers, register now for the AMD Developer Symposium. Code: EX8664 http://www.developwithamd.com/developerlab _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
