Jean-Marc Valin wrote: >>If someone sets up this forum, and more than twice of us sign >>up, that should show those arrogant lklm-people that there are really >>_a lot_ of us, and that we are strong, and very angry. Hah! >> >> > >First, please stop this "arrogant lkml-people" attitude, it won't help. >Second, I would think that instead of a petition with just lots of names >on it, I would prefer a letter signed by the maintainers of as many >Linux projects as possible, i.e. not signed as "Jean-Marc Valin", but >"Speex maintainer" (Jack maintainer, GnomeMeeting, ...). I'm sure this >would give a lot more weight to the proposition. > > > i would have though a petition from *users* who have gone through the hell of trying to set up their linux system for audio would be a *lot* better than, from what i can tell, is an already exhausted path ...
i'm sure the maintainers/developers of linux audio projects could give a lot more *authority* but i'm sure us users could lend a lot more *weight*. anyhow, why not do the obvious and combine the two approaches - the developers/maintainers can draft a petitionary letter to the Kernel developers, signed as you suggest "Speex maintainer" etc. this can then be put up on an appropriately set up website where LAUers can add their name in support ... ... something along these lines anyway ... i think it would be a huge mistake, though, to issue any sort of statement/letter/petition that didn't at least make an *attempt* to incorporate the large and growing base of Ordinary linux audio users. shayne
