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-de...@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
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