Re: Presentation + A debian-based for audio creation and production, stage technics and video blend (or "the future of TangoStudio")
På Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:26:14 +0100, skrev Reinhard Tartler <siretart@gmail.com>:
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:30:20AM +0100, Aurélien Roux wrote:
>Just ensure that the blend metapackage(s) don't depend on it.
Maybe it might even have a conflict with pulseaudio, no?
We discussed the option of having conflicts in metapackages several
times. If I remember correctly the main drawback is that users who
really really want to have pulseaudio need to deinstall the metapackage
which is not always what you want.
TBH, I do not think that a conflicts in the meta package is the right
technical solution.
What you want here is to provide the users the best technical
environment to get his work done. I think a much better solution would
be a something like a wizard that examines your system installation,
educates the user about the findings, and then does specific
recommendations (ideally with "fix this" buttons to just do so).
And before we re-read Reinhard's suggestions below,
I suggest we (re)read an article from Joel on Software: "Choices"
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000059.html
Things that I imagine that this wizard could do would include:
* "The pulseaudio seems to be running. This can cause the following
problems <...> do you want to a) disable pulseaudio in your user
profile, b) remove it from your system c) do nothing
* "Your Gnome System Menu is missing the following entries. Do you
want to add them?"
* "We recommend installing the following applications: <app> <purpose>"
* "You are not running a -rt kernel: do you want to install and reboot?"
* "Your system needs special configuration to reduce the system
latency, do you want me to do the following changes to /etc/...?"
The problem with wizards is that they come out of the blue,
as a diversion to the task that the user is about to perform.
Often, they occur _before_ the user even knows enough to see
the relevance, or understand the implications. And the wizard
is expected to teleport an ill-motivated user from totally
oblivious to fully informed. That's a tall order!
The wizard is a way of delegating choice to an unwilling,
oblivious or indifferent user. And the primary excuse for
doing so appears to be that NOT doing so would cause some
complaints, because you can't please everyone. Well, tough,
neither can the wizard.
This is a dilemma, I know. There is no universal solution to this.
I used to like options, lots of them. In the 1990s I had pretty
funky WM setups. For each new computer and each new OS install,
they lost some of their allure.
--
Herman Robak
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