Le 13 juin 05 � 17:22, Paul Davis a �crit :
what makes an API 'official' under Linux, anyway? in my opinion, the old maxim, "use what works" applies .. and ALSA has proven to be a very difficult and annoying thing to get set up and working (witness jwz' recent terror) .. while MidiShare has (for the most part) been smooth and dreamy.
An API becomes 'official' ... when its uses but most of the developers. Remember the old days of OS9 when the 'official' MIDI API was Opcode OMS.... when MidiShare was already in the field. The official is not always the 'best' one, but the one pushed by powerful people... and/or at the right time.
Stephane
