<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <a href="mailto:ttoine@ttoine.net">ttoine@ttoine.net</a> <<a href="mailto:ttoine@ttoine.net">ttoine@ttoine.net</a>> Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Jack inclusion in Main To: Ubuntu Studio Development & Technical Discussion <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Eric Hedekar a écrit : <div class="im">> In Bug #416778 ( <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416778" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416778</a> ) Loïc Minier > has requested further public discussion on the subject of Jack Audio > Server <a href="http://jackaudio.org/" target="_blank">http://jackaudio.org/</a> being included in the Main repositories. > I was told this list would be the best place for that discussion. I > am also CCing the <a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> </div>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> because the Ubuntu <div><div></div><div class="h5">> Studio team has been the driving force behind this inclusion request > and are extremely knowledgeable in regards to JACK. > > Here are a couple of my thoughts on the matter as to why Jack should > be included in Main. > - Many bugs have been filed against various audio servers currently in > Main (xine, alsa, portaudio, pulseaudio) requesting that the JACK > bridge/plugin/output/etc... be turned on or compiled into the package > - this is not possible without the inclusion of Jack in Main. Bugs > #152487, #84900, #109659, and #360590 (this may not be a complete > list, and duplicates of most of these have been filed). > - The libffado drivers for firewire soundcards ( <a href="http://www.ffado.org" target="_blank">http://www.ffado.org</a> > ) are only supported by the Jack driver. This makes these common, > pro, semi-pro, and hobbyist audio cards inaccessible for most > applications without the previous audio server bridges/plugins/outputs > to jack available. Owners of these cards must recompile major audio > drivers in order to get basic Ubuntu sound. > - Jack is an audio server designed specifically for professional > reliable audio signals. This is not a duplicate server clogging up > the "audio mess", which some people believe exists in Linux, it is a > specialty tool for musicians, audio engineers, and anyone using Linux > for professional audio. (In-fact if anything, allowing the > aforementioned bugs to get fixed would clean up a large chunk of the > "audio mess" which some believe exists. It would at least stop a > large segment of people from griping so loudly about and attempting to > remove PulseAudio.) > > Please voice your opinion on the matter. > -Eric Hedekar > </div></div>I agree with Eric. Inclusion of Jack in main will solve a lot of problem with audio applications, sound servers, etc... Missing Jack in main is a great problem too for packagers. Toine -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel</a> </div> -- _______________________________________ <a href="http://greyrockstudio.blogspot.com">http://greyrockstudio.blogspot.com</a>