Bug#443890: jackd: Make binary tools into separate package from daemon

[Free Ekanayaka <freee@debian.org>]

Hi Ken,

|--==> ken restivo writes:

  kr> Package: jackd
  kr> Version: 0.103.0-5
  kr> Severity: wishlist

  kr> It would help (and perhaps be more Debian-compliant), if the binary tools included in the jackd package, were in a separate package. The name "jack-tools" is already taken, so perhaps "jackd-tools".

  kr> In particular, those which would be nice to have in a separate package are:
  kr> usr/bin/jack_monitor_client
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_midisine
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_connect
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_bufsize
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_disconnect
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_midiseq
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_simple_client
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_load
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_unload
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_showtime
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_impulse_grabber
  kr> /usr/bin/jackrec
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_metro
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_freewheel
  kr> /usr/bin/jack_lsp


  kr> This would make it easier to build a package for jackdmp, which is sorely needed.

Do you mean that you can keep using the tools while having a different
jackd (namely jackdmp) installed?

Just FYI there's here's a build of an unofficial jackdmp package (for etch)

http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/j/jackdmp/

Ciao!

Free