[LAD] Is Piperware a successor to Jack/Pulseaudio?

[bill-auger]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 07:01:31 +0100 Keith wrote:
> > The biggest issue with Pipewire IMHO is that it does not support
> > Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.  
> 
> I would suggest you have that round the wrong way: Ubuntu 18.04 doesn't
> support Pipewire. This is a Ubuntu problem, not a Pipewire one. If it
> matters to an 18.04 user, they do have the option of upgrading to 20.04.

i would suggest that edward had the rational perspective

the distro is not at fault for "failing" to support something,
which did not exist, or was very immature, or proprietary, when
the dirsto was released

the pipewire devs are the ones who had the option to decide
which distros it may be compatible with - obviously, ubuntu18
was not one that "mattered" to them - but no project is obligated
to support any specific distro, so there is no fault there either

i do not see any "problem" for anyone (yet) - use pipewire if
you want to - switch distros if you must - but ... if good 'ol
(lean and mean) JACK does not remain as an option, for those who
do not need pipewire's extra bells-and-whistles, that could be a
problem