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Version freeze is a MUST to follow to be able to release +</I>><i> stable. We know it's hard to stop updating software and focus on bug +</I>><i> fixing while development of these softwares do not stop upstream. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Anyway Colin gave some details about the reasons why we should submit +</I>><i> it. There was discussion during council meeting tonight and finally here +</I>><i> is the plan: pulseaudio is submitted tonight, it will be included in +</I>><i> beta2 and it will be tested until 26/03. Colin will provide +</I>><i> documentation to help tests. If we see regression in between, then it +</I>><i> will be reverted. +</I> +I just want to follow up Anne's email here. + +I want to make it clear this I was very much the person pushing for +this. Several people are somewhat apprehensive about this (for various +values of apprehensive) and I fully appreciate their concerns. + +By way of reassurance, I would like to describe a little the changes in +the upstream version. + +This release is technically quite small. The number of commits are low +generally, but also a high proportion of the commits are related to +documentation, tidyups and independent new features (requiring manual +activation) rather than changes to current feature set. + +Where changes to current features do exist, a lot of it relates to two +newer APIs/subsystems which are still relatively minor parts: namely the +passthrough API and the echo-cancellation subsystem. While these are +important parts and will play an increasingly important role moving +forward, they are also not part of what I would call the "critical path" +of PA usage today. + +So in terms of changes that are part of that critical path, I'd say two +primary changes come into play here: + * Alternative Sample Rates + * Headphone Jack Detection + +Both of these are issues that the users have often requested, but it is +the latter that is my primary motivation for pushing for this new +version to be included. + +The vast majority of the work has been undertaken by David Henningsson +of Canonical. A variation on his patches have been part of Ubuntu for +some time and they have offered users this capability for a while now. I +would very much like to thank David for his work here. It's been a +sorely needed feature and it's been a lot of work and he's done a great job. + + + + +So the primary things to look out for here are: + + 1. General regressions. Does something that used to work, now function +poorly? I do not expect much here. Things relating to actual quality of +the audio should also be reported (in some cases some optimisations +might not be working as intended, but this is a relatively simple to fix +if it crops up). + + 2. Do headphones now work correctly? You should now always see a port +dropdown in pavucontrol. This was often hidden in the past, but will now +be visible. On HDA codecs, does plugging/unplugging headphones now +magically switch the port correctly? If not, is it any worse than +before? You should have separate volumes for normal usage vs. headphones +usage. Depending on hardware you may get a slight blip when plugging in +the headphones (e.g. if the speaker volume is loud, and the headphone +volume quiet, you might get a very short blast of loud noise when you +plug in headphones). Some hardware permits genuinely separate controls +for this and avoids this blip. If so, you're lucky. + + 3. Bluetooth devices. There are a few bluetooth changes. Everything +still OK? You will have to add "Enable=Socket" to the [General] section +of /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf to get this working, but it should work +fine as before. + + +That's all really. As always, please include "pacmd ls" output in any +reports. + +Obviously for minor issues I hope to fix them super quickly, but if any +issues come up that cannot be addressed, I can and will revert back to +PA 1.1 for mga2. + + +All the best and thank you very much for helping make this a great release. + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="013010.html">[Mageia-dev] Pulseaudio push vs version freeze +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="013023.html">[Mageia-dev] Freeze push: kdevplatform4, kdevelop4, kdevelop4-php, kdevelop4-php-docs +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#13021">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#13021">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#13021">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#13021">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |