[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:09:37 -0500 > "Cory K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> This should have been a separate thread as it has nothing to do with >> the subject. >> >> This will _not_ get set in a new package as it would mean another >> package to maintain. We are creating a app that will allow users to >> set items in limits.conf. I will ask about the possibility of setting >> the limits.conf stuff in the -audio package but realize things aren't >> as easy as they might seem. >> >> Touching limits.conf means editing another packages file. Thats a no >> no in alot of people's minds. Moving where we set it might raise some >> eyebrows. >> >> I suggest people use that or learn a little more about the system and >> apps they are trying to use. >> >> -Cory >> > > I don't know anything about packaging, so I also don't know the hassles > of maintaining an additional package. As far as I understand it it > shouldn't matter if it is where it is now or in audio, it manipulates > another packages files in both cases. > > Where will you place the package? Will the user be able to find it > initially and know what to do? Else it's rather senseless imho. >
Its not "in" anything a user will actually see. It would most likely end up in a post-install script as part of the .deb. Also, what has to be considered is installing this package (updated -audio package) on a existing system can overwrite a users existing .conf. A BIG no no (but not unheard of). Many more people install the -audio meta than the -settings package so we are gonna have to weigh the impact of the move *if* it happens. > The thing I (and obviously not only I) am worried about is the initial > user experience. Users that don't want the Desktop (and there > are quite some reasons for that) currently get a not-working audio > system. That's just, uhm, well.. yeah.. > One could always grab -settings by itself but that will change some other things users might not want. > You probably know yourself how informative the wiki currently is and > how many people usually give support on irc and what pain that same > thing was at the initial release of ubuntu studio. > Actually, the things we set in limits.conf were taken directly from the wiki which actually existed before we officially became a distro. :) https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/DapperPreparation That page is linked to a couple of times throughout the Ubuntu Studio wiki pages. The team will look at whats best from a technical POV (which sadly trumps a users POV too often) and do the best we can. Best thing to do might be to educate users on our upcoming ubuntustudio-controls app. Which aims to address common settings among multimedia production users. -Cory -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
