On Thu, Mar 19, 1998 at 06:00:22PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > It looks like lots of people disagree with me on many of these > packages. Oh well.
I'm not in principle against moving packages. optional is quite cluttered. But (and please don't take this as an offend) you didn't gave a rational for this. Well, we have a definition of extra, but you did want more than is covered by this definition. So I'm glad about the opinion you present in your other mail. > The one that Marcus Brinkmann disagrees with that I really want to > take issue with is: > > >[Ian:] > > >> Package: nas Description: The Network Audio System (NAS). (I > > >> _believe_ this thing still takes over /dev/audio et al if you > > >> install it, preventing other programs from working.) > > > > Other programs *should* use it. It takes over /dev/audio when it runs, > > because it is a server. Because most programs that use sound have > > their own small server, only one sound program can run at once. With > > the rational you gave, *all* packages that have sound should be extra, > > because they are preventing each other. NAS is providing a solution > > for this problem if you build the programs to use it (but then you get > > other problems, as NAS is slower than direct access). > > No, because if you install NAS it hogs the sound device even when > you're not using it. Other sound using programs don't have this > property. Sure, it is a server. > Until it's policy that all sound-using programs should use NAS (and > this seems unlikely any time soon) then NAS as currently shipped is > buggy because it makes it impossible to run other sound-using programs > on machines where it is installed, unlike all other sound-using > programs. Ok. At the moment, *nothing* depends on nas, and it is pretty old, too. > Therefore it should be Extra. Or probably dropped completely. But I changed my opinion, extra would be fine for this as long as it is bug free and maintained. (I have some hope that there will be a better sound server someday, one that will be actually used asa standard. We'll see.) -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
