[linux-audio-announce] RELEASE - jack-audio-connection-kit-0.102.20

We're pleased to present the latest JACK release: 0.102.20. Now with experimental MIDI support! Download at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jackit/jack-audio- connection-kit-0.102.20.tar.gz?download -- changes/fixes * Make "alsa" the default backend when both it and "freebob" are present. * JACK MIDI patch -- Experimental! * allow use of h/w devices that only support big-endian formats, without using ALSA plughw layer. * jack_lsp now has a -L flag to show "total latency" values reflecting port connections * ALSA driver no longer requires access to a control device (Lee Revell) * jack_lsp -t shows port type * jackd will exit if -R is used but realtime is unavailable * minor change in freebob backend command line options the -d option now takes a 'hw:port[,node]' string as argument instead of a single number. More flexible and consistent with the alsa backend. * good old fix about jack_watchdog killing the whole process group instead of the nearest offending client, which is by far a much more reasonable approach IMNSHO. Without this one, and while using QjackCtl under KDE as it seems, jack_watchdog will most likely tear the X server down, not just jackd and some of its clients as originally intended. * halve JACK_THREAD_STACK_TOUCH to 500000 * increase default --port-max option from 128 to 256 * This patch checks the specified client timeout so that it is enforced that it's smaller than the jack watchdog timeout. * Many bug fixes * Many documentation updates