[linux-audio-user] ALSA 1.0.11rc2 or rc3 distro?

cdr ix at replic.net
Mon Feb 13 18:11:26 EST 2006


On Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 05:45:57PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 14:43 -0800, njcross at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there's a distro that comes already packaged w/ jack
> > and ALSA 1.0.11rc2 or rc3 ?
> 
> No,

Yes ( http://gentoo.org ),
ls -1 /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/*.ebuild
/usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-1.0.10-r2.ebuild
/usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-1.0.11_rc3.ebuild


> and it would not be a good idea anyway - why would you ship a
> release candidate rather than wait for the 1.0.11 release?

bug fixes, newer hardware supported, and updates to make it compile with the latest kernel

i agree, binary distributions based on the concept of shipping out CDs every 6 months would want an actual release, but not mere users who just want things to work right now :)

> 
> There are still a bunch of regressions from 1.0.10 to be dealt with.
> 
> Lee



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