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

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 23:11 +0000, cdr wrote:
> 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
> 

Well Gentoo does not exactly package anything.  I took "comes already
packaged" to mean a traditional distro where some of the quality control
has been done by the packagers - with Gentoo for all you know you're the
first person to try that exact combination of programs.

> 
> > 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
>