On 21 March 2010 г. 13:35:03 Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2010/03/21 13:16, Vadim Zhukov wrote:
> > On 21 March 2010 ?. 13:03:35 Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 09:54:07AM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote:
> > > > I have no way to test this, so testing would be much
> > > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > does anyone use gmfsk?
> > >
> > > there may very well be change the audio(4) API/ABI this release
> > > cycle, so it'd be nice to convert the last few ports still using
> > > audio(4) to sndio(7) sooner than later.
> >
> > Errm, sorry, I cannot test this software (looks like it need some
> > hardware I do not have), but: if API will be changed, un-ported
> > software will be broken ever, won't it?
>
> audio software usually needs some changes to make it work anyway,
> take a look at the patches, it's often not straightforward.
> converting to a clean API with good documentation, like sndio,
> can be a lot more straightforward than fixing things to work
> with our audio(4) or even making the changes to work with
> ossaudio emulation.
>
> and don't forget a lot of this type of software uses some library
> for audio i/o, most of which have already been converted to use sndio.
>
> in short, I don't think this is a problem.
Sorry, may be I was not clear enough - just mean that it's better to
commit sndio-support patch than leaving the app guaranteed broken, isn't
it?
sndio is cool, BTW. Or, no, no - COOL! :)
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Vadim Zhukov
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