On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Adam Williamson <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 12:42 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > > Removing PA is far too often jumped on as the 'obvious' fix for > > > resolving any kind of audio problem whatsoever. Even if it had nothing > > > to do with PA in the first place. > > > > And? Random helpful person quickly becomes ignored person, if the > > advice fails to work. > > > > Problem is... removing or disabling PA often -does- solve a problem. > > There's two problems. One, it's often not the _right_ fix - there are > cases where PA's interaction with ALSA reveals bugs in ALSA that > otherwise stay hidden. So disabling PA 'fixes the bug', but in reality > is just sweeping it under the carpet. > > Two, even when the bug is in PA, if everyone just goes around disabling > PA, how are they going to get fixed? Telepathy? > How long do we expect people to tolerate these bugs before they move on? -- projecthuh.com All of my bits are free, are yours? Fedoraproject.org
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