[LAD] [ANN] QjackCtl 0.3.0 (unstable-qt4) has been released!

[Pieter Palmers]

Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> Hi Pieter,
> 
> Pieter Palmers wrote:
>> Thanks for embracing the ffado project so fast, but...
>>
>> Maybe the firewire backend option is not something to release just yet.
>> It's option set hasn't converged yet, and most likely they are going to
>> change. So in order to avoid version/maintenance issues it might be
>> better not to release it yet. Normally this will be resolved in a month
>> or two.
>>
>> Greets,
> 
> Meanwhile, I believe there's no big problem about keeping it as is. I've
> just forwarded a plain patch sent (today) from Klaus Zimmermann. Below
> you can find his motivations, on qjackctl-devel:
No problem for me :). It's just that you might end up having to check 
the jack version to know what option letters are recognized and what 
they mean.

Greets,

Pieter

> 
> Klaus Zimmermann wrote:
>> Hi all, hi Rui,
>>
>> great work!
>> The freebob project (that supported firewire devices for some time
>> now) has slightly shifted focus.
>> It has a new name, "ffado" (http://www.ffado.org), and also supports
>> not only bridgeco bebop devices, but firewire audio in general.
>> Hence there is also a new jack backend called "firewire".
>>
>> The attached patch adds support for this to qjackctl. It should be
>> noted, that ffado is still very beta. However, since it can coexist
>> with freebob I see no reason not to support.
>>
>> So enjoy,
>> Klaus
>>
> 
> Cheers.