Re: Bug#19920: Packages Optional, should be Extra
It looks like lots of people disagree with me on many of these
packages. Oh well.
The one that Marcus Brinkmann disagrees with that I really want to
take issue with is:
> >[Ian:]
> >> Package: nas Description: The Network Audio System (NAS). (I
> >> _believe_ this thing still takes over /dev/audio et al if you
> >> install it, preventing other programs from working.)
>
> Other programs *should* use it. It takes over /dev/audio when it runs,
> because it is a server. Because most programs that use sound have
> their own small server, only one sound program can run at once. With
> the rational you gave, *all* packages that have sound should be extra,
> because they are preventing each other. NAS is providing a solution
> for this problem if you build the programs to use it (but then you get
> other problems, as NAS is slower than direct access).
No, because if you install NAS it hogs the sound device even when
you're not using it. Other sound using programs don't have this
property.
Until it's policy that all sound-using programs should use NAS (and
this seems unlikely any time soon) then NAS as currently shipped is
buggy because it makes it impossible to run other sound-using programs
on machines where it is installed, unlike all other sound-using
programs.
Therefore it should be Extra.
Ian.
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