[LAU] yoshimi bug - fixed by me !

[hollunder at gmx.at]

On Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:01:59 -1000
david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> cal wrote:
> > david wrote:
> >> [ ... ]
> >> I am running the jackd that my distro provides - 0.109.2.
> >>
> >> No why distros don't include a newer version eludes me ...
> > 
> > Indeed. You're not the first and won't be the last to ask that.
> > Last time this came up in the context of yoshimi, Josh Lawrence had
> > a fairly elegant solution.
> > <http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2009-September/063063.html>
> 
> OK, tracked down the 64studio backports, and checked. It has JACK 
> 1.9.2-0.64studio2~lenny1. That doesn't sound like 0.116.etc ...

It isn't, it's jack2, formerly known as jackdmp.

> > That thread also featured a strong comment:
> >   jackaudio.org notes that "nobody should be using 0.109 at this
> > point in time".
> > 
> > This is the modern age after all.

This was almost a year ago. (and it feels like three years)

> This makes me ask the question, "What are the JACK developers NOT
> doing that is keeping their recommendation from replacing .109
> with .116 in repositories, then?" Other programs got it done
> somehow ...

It seems distributions are simply too slow, especially debian based
ones. At least that's my impression.
Don't quite get it in the case of 64studio where jack is an essential
part. Guess they focused on the next version before bothering with that.