> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 16:18 -0500, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote: > > > In other words, provided that my conjectures are true, I could see ALSA > > becoming simply an API to access the soundcard and everything else being > > moved out of the ALSA which IMHO could help spur some of the ostensibly > > bogged down aspects of Linux audio experience. > > I think this is entirely accurate. the distributions and other "desktop" > organizations are tired of ALSA as "the solution", and are embracing > PulseAudio and various similar efforts/wrappers (e.g. Phonon on KDE). > ALSA is going to vanish as an API for all but those developers who don't > know how to use google. Pulse even has plans to "replace" JACK one day, > but its lead author fully understands the challenge there.
Thanks for the clarification. So this begs for a question: is there a consensus whether this is considered a good thing or a bad one? IMHO I see it as a good thing as long as it makes things better and more transparent. Best wishes, Ico _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
