Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK

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DateWed, 14 Dec 2011 21:35:05 +0000
From Fons Adriaensen <[hidden] at linuxaudio dot org>
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In-Reply-ToPaul Davis Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK
Follow-Upjordan Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK
Follow-UpFelix Homann Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK
Follow-UpAthanasios Silis Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK
Follow-UpDavid Nielson Re: [Jack-Devel] The Situation(s) With JACK
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 08:55:17AM -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
 
> i don't think that *anyone* believes that the C code base of JACK1 is
> an appropriate thing to keep developing. certainly I do not. even
> though its actually easier to add a new callback to JACK1 than to
> JACK2, its completely obvious that the JACK1 codebase is dead as a
> future/longterm development path.

1. I'm not at all convinced that Paul's statement quoted above is
true. Sure, the jack1 code would benefit from a 'spring cleanup'.
Which is only normal after all those years (*). And I also think
it could be the basis of a C++ implementation that would be a bit
more transparent than the Jack2 one. There is a lot of 'object'
style thinking in it as it is.

2. A completely separate matter - I'd like to ask and invite
anyone to respond: is there any serious Linux Audio *USER*
out there who cares about Jack on Windows ? I certainly do not.
All I want is the best possible tools on Linux (and let OSX be
a corner case). Note that I'm asking *USERS*. For a developer
there may be some gratification in knowing that his/her work is
invading the proprietary world. He/she may even believe that
this will lure Windows users into switching to Linux. I don't
think that it would: the better it works on Windows the less
reason anyone has to change.

Ciao,

(*) Writing this I can't help thinking of Paul Simon's 'Still
crazy...'.

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FA

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