On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 01:06 -0700, Eric Hedekar wrote: > In Bug #416778 ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/416778 ) Loïc Minier > has requested further public discussion on the subject of Jack Audio > Server http://jackaudio.org/ being included in the Main repositories. > I was told this list would be the best place for that discussion. I > am also CCing the ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com because the > Ubuntu 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 > ( http://www.ffado.org ) 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 >
Adding JACK into the main would be a great benefit as others have already mentioned. This has my full support. -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
