diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20121104/1143e595/attachment-0001.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20121104/1143e595/attachment-0001.html | 75 |
1 files changed, 75 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20121104/1143e595/attachment-0001.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20121104/1143e595/attachment-0001.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dbd834f7e --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/attachments/20121104/1143e595/attachment-0001.html @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +Hi,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 11:11 PM, PhilippeDidier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philippedidier@laposte.net" target="_blank">philippedidier@laposte.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> + +<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Jehan Pagès a écrit :<br> +<div class="im">> Hi,<br> +><br> +> I noticed we propose only the Jack2 package, but no Jack1. Yet Jack2 is<br> +> simply another implementation in C++ of the Jack protocol, and not a<br> +> newer version (as the official website also states clearly:<br> +> <a href="http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/Q_differenc_jack1_jack2" target="_blank">http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/Q_differenc_jack1_jack2</a> ).<br> +><br> +> Plus I had a very annoying bug with Ardour when using Jack2, and people<br> +> on Ardour mailing list told me it was a known issue with Jack2 (both<br> +> Ardour and Jack2 were installed from the Mageia 2 packages). I compiled<br> +> Jack1, and it indeed fixed the issue.<br> +><br> +> So I am thinking on proposing a spec for Jack1.<br> +><br> +> But then I have questions:<br> +><br> +> 1/ How should I name this package? The jack2 package is named "jackit"<br> +> and I have no idea where you got that from (I guess this is a shorter<br> +> name for "Jack Audio Connection Kit", but should we really change<br> +> package names this way?<br> +> It is not that long). The official alternative<br> +> name of Jack2 is "jackdmp" (see README here:<br> +> <a href="https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2" target="_blank">https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2</a> ). I saw nowhere else this "jackit"<br> +> naming.<br> +><br> +</div>We inherit this from Mandrake : in the early years of Mandrake a jack<br> +package already existed but it had nothing to do with JACK (Jack Audio<br> +Connexion Kit) : it was a console frontend for cd rippers, still<br> +provided in Mageia...<br> +<br> +When JACK was imported into Mandrake it had to be given an other name...<br> +so jackit !!!<br> +There was a tonic controversy on Mandrake forum about this in 2003 or<br> +2004 year.<br> +Mandrake and then Mandriva and and then Mageia are the only<br> +distributions calling JACK package "jackit" ....<br> +<div class="im">> So I am questioning the naming of this existing package, and would like<br> +> to propose some rename along with a new name for a Jack1 package.<br> +> Maybe simply "jack1" and "jack2"? Or "jack" and "jackdmp"?<br> +><br> +> 2/ How should the virtual dependency be named?<br> +> The existing "jackit" spec provides a "jackit-devel" and a "libjack-devel".<br> +><br> +> I think that none of the names are really fit IMO. First jackit for the<br> +> same reason as before (I don't see where this name comes from), also<br> +> libjack (and the -devel suffix) because this kit is not *only* a library<br> +> (there are also the jackd daemon, tools, etc.).<br> +><br> +> I propose simply "jack" as virtual package name.<br> +><br> +> How does this sound?<br> +> Thanks.<br> +><br> +> Jehan<br> +</div>Not simple because of this context ...<br> +If you want to call JACK jack you need to remove first the existing jack<br> +from the repo, and to modify the spec for every package requiring jackit<br> +now, to make them require jack if it is the new package name for JACK .<br> +<br> +Post Scriptum : Reading this I don't know if my explanation is clear<br> +enough ...<br> +A key to understand what I wrote :<br> +"jack" is the name of a package (whatever its content is)<br> +"jackit" is the name of a package<br> +"JACK" is the recursive acronym (Jack Audio Connexion Kit) of the<br> +software you are talking about<br> +<br> +</blockquote></div><br>Ok I understood the deal.<br>I would personally prefer even a longer package name like jack-audio-connection-kit. Mageia would gain from having clearer naming. Especially if we add the Jack1 alternative.<br> + +<br>Now if this is a big deal, and it generates a controversy again, it is not that a big deal. The question thus is: how do I call Jack1 package then? And can I say that this new package "Provides: jackit" so that it works as an alternative to Jack2 (for instance for Ardour)?<br> + +Thanks.<br><br>Jehan<br></div> |