[LAU] Is -Xalsarawidi the same as -Xraw or -Xseq?

[Victor A. Stoichita]

I just found this thread from 2014 about alsarawmidi [1]. At that 
time the intention was apparently that alsarawmidi would replace 
both 'seq' and 'raw' [2]. a2jmidid was described as pretty much 
dead. Now the wheel of life has turned I guess. I don’t really get 
the rest of that discussion. 

Thanks to all who shared their advices and Golden Rules on this! 
What to do now as an "end-user" is much clearer for me.

Blue skies,
Victor

[1] 
http://jack-audio.10948.n7.nabble.com/Jack-Devel-Jack2-alsarawmidi-slave-Pluggable-device-registration-problem-tp18200.html

[2] 
http://jack-audio.10948.n7.nabble.com/Jack-Devel-Jack2-alsarawmidi-slave-Pluggable-device-registration-problem-td18200.html#a18210