On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:30:20AM +0100, Aurélien Roux wrote: >> >Just ensure that the blend metapackage(s) don't depend on it. >> >> Maybe it might even have a conflict with pulseaudio, no? > > We discussed the option of having conflicts in metapackages several > times. If I remember correctly the main drawback is that users who > really really want to have pulseaudio need to deinstall the metapackage > which is not always what you want.
TBH, I do not think that a conflicts in the meta package is the right technical solution. What you want here is to provide the users the best technical environment to get his work done. I think a much better solution would be a something like a wizard that examines your system installation, educates the user about the findings, and then does specific recommendations (ideally with "fix this" buttons to just do so). Things that I imagine that this wizard could do would include: * "The pulseaudio seems to be running. This can cause the following problems <...> do you want to a) disable pulseaudio in your user profile, b) remove it from your system c) do nothing * "Your Gnome System Menu is missing the following entries. Do you want to add them?" * "We recommend installing the following applications: <app> <purpose>" * "You are not running a -rt kernel: do you want to install and reboot?" * "Your system needs special configuration to reduce the system latency, do you want me to do the following changes to /etc/...?" I think you get the idea. That would leave the choice to the user and still be very functional and easy to use. BTW, the idea is not really novel. See for example the powertop application, which makes such suggestions (albeit in text mode) about power management to save battery time. I guess that would be an interesting application for a Debian multimedia blend. -- regards, Reinhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-multimedia-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJ0ccebXDPStGFYZEgeOa+3hmcJujdnSNC2tD3t=pct0w10...@mail.gmail.com