[LAU] Join the Debian Multimedia Team! (to improve the state ofLinux audio)

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>> How does that effect me for instance as a Gentoo user? Please consider
>> whether LAU would still be a place of value to those of us that aren't
>> Debian/Ubuntu based.
>>
>> I don't mind the occasional distro specific conversation. I wouldn't
>> want to see that ever become more than 1% of what's discussed on a
>> list like this.
>>
>> - Mark
>
> Ideally, we would also want to have Gentoo involved in linuxaudio.org.
> However please note that I cannot (nor do I want to) coerce anyone to join
> linuxaudio.org. Yet, here we are with a potential opportunity to have Debian
> join us and my thoughts are we should not pass this up. I can only hope that
> Gentoo will join us as well--but that is not my call...
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ico

In general I agree with what I understand about linuxaudio.org and
your point of view.

Probably I need to make a more nuanced distinction between
linuxaudio.org and linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org. It's likely
not true for you running all this stuff but from the outside I see the
two as very intertwined. If the business of linuxaudio.org were to
become a large part of what is discussed on this list, or the list was
to start pushing folks to become Debian based as a policy, then I'd be
disappointed. I think it's best if this list is distro neutral. What
linuxaudio.org does is a different thing.

AND, I get that you are NOT suggesting ANYTHING about what I'm writing
is true. I'm just asking the question and developing my own point of
view

Thanks!

- Mark