[ubuntu-studio-devel] Introduction to feature definition (for all you newcomers, and memory refresh for the rest)

[WMID]

ok thanks for reply


2015-12-11 2:25 GMT-05:00 Kaj Ailomaa <zequence at mousike.me>:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015, at 05:43 AM, WMID wrote:
> > Or
> >
> > UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Audio
> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Audio
> >(start
> > QjackCtl first)
> > UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Audio
> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Audio>
> > (without QjackCtl)
> > UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Graphics
> > <
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Graphics>
> >
> > UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Video
> > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Wily/FreedesktopCategories/Video>
> >
> > In (without QjackCtl) = Audacity u other that working with pulseaudio
> >
> >
>
> The categories are meant to be based on freedesktop categories - a
> standard for how to categorize application starters.
> You can see the standard here
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html
>
> IMO, the best way to inform about an error is through the application
> itself. If an application only supports jack, and jack is not running,
> the application should show an error dialogue.
> Often applications will support more than one audio server. If none of
> them are running, or the application was unable to use any of them, it
> should show an error dialogue.
>
> There are two ways to fix this:
> 1. code added upstream for the check and error dialogue
> 2. wrapper script in packaging for check and error dialogue
>
> I added a feature definition page for this here
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/FeatureDefinitions/JackApplicationsErrorDialogue
> .
>
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