On Thursday 10 Oct 2002 17:11, Jack O'Quin wrote: [snip] > I don't mean to single out Peter for this one statement. But, I am > totally frustrated with the attitude that ALSA is only for power users > and that it's OK to introduce spurious incompatibilities on a whim. > > The excuse that 0.9 is not a "release" is wearing thin these days. > Since 0.5, which *is* a release, is "no longer supported", what are > ordinary users expected to run? OSS? > > ALSA is part of the 2.5 kernel now. It is mainstream Linux software, > good technology, needed by many users. Isn't it about time to start > thinking and acting that way?
Hi Jack - don't mind singling me out! In principle, I'd agree entirely with you but (a) ALSA 0.9.0-rc3 is not ALSA 0.9.0. Once it is, it will really be too late until ALSA 1.0.0 (b) Kernel 2.5.x is really a poor argument :-). Again, if ALSA has module parms begining snd_ in 2.6.x, then it's stuck with it for a long time. (I'm hoping (a) == (b) myself.) I agree, any breakage is bad breakage but waiting will make it worse and I think it should be done (should have been done earlier but it should still be done). -- Peter ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
