Re: DBus server control : description of 2 proposals

Stéphane Letz <letz@...> writes:

> - if we go for the Nedko proposal, than I consider that as a really
> MAJOR shift in the history of JACK. Again I'm quite sure the "jackd"
> incarnation will quite soon disappear  on Linux. It will stay on other
> platforms (OSX, Windows, Solaris..). I still don't think this is a
> good idea at all...

I think there will be always minimalistic linux distros that dont have
dbus, kits and other things that bloat the system is some use
cases. Given that AFAIK all major distros are not sutiable for jack
audio by default and that current trend is to provide "derivates" like
Planet CCRMA, Ubuntu Studio, 64 Studio, proaudio overlay, etc., wide
adoption of mixed jack+desktop technologies wont happen that fast (or
wont happen at all). The other trend is to make major distros suitable
for linux audio out of the box. If this happens then dbus interface to
jack will probably be adopted too. But I dont think it will happen that
soon.

OTOH, I find it silly to try to force policies to distros. Distros do
whethever they want anyway. They patch source trees to fit their
policies, they apply patches that suit their needs, etc. Upstreams can
advise packagers but cant force them. yes, they can cause them pain but
don't expect thankfulness as response. So I think it is best to keep the
dbus option disabled by default. If and when there is enough distros
that adopt jack+dbus, we can change the default. Pushing prodesktop or
antidesktop policies to all distros is silly and will probably have no
effect at all. Lets give the distros a choice and give them advices for
their needs while not pushing our personal POV to them.

--
Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0>


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