(there are two 5)'s above but i'll refer to the first one)
i vote for the 5) auto-start strategy. user selects which one he/she
prefers. the default should be "classic" and i would add fallback to
"d-bus" and/or "osc" whatever. i still fail to see the problem of
honoring
.jackdrc if it exists on your home directory. ie. if .jackdrc exists
then
do the "classic" auto-start; if not, check d-bus service; etc.
byee
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
But since some applications like Qjackctl or Ardour write this
".jackdrc" file in a possible hidden way for the average user, then
the system possibly goes back in the "classic" auto-start strategy,
without any knowledge of that.
Stephane