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On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Stéphane Letz  wrote:

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> After all these discussions on JACK2, D-Bus and Qjackctl issues, here are

> some general comments:

>

> 1) JACK2 *default* compilation mode defines the same starting scheme at

> JACK1 was doing. So (beside possible bugs) it is supposed to be completely

> "interchangeable" with JACK1. It can be controled with Qjackctl as usual.

>

> 2) JACK2 compiled in D-Bus is supposed to be controlled by a D-Bus based

> control application... (jack_control is a simple python example of a control

> application part of the package). Using JACK2 compiled in D-Bus with

> Qjackctl is a "receipe for trouble", even if if can be done in some simple

> use cases. (The point is that in this case the client auto-start feature

> starts the "jackdbus" exe instead of "jackd" with all of the related

> "settings" issues).

>

> 3) The port issue Fons told about in Qjackctl  0.3.4 seems to be a Qjackctl

> bug, so has to be fixed at the right place.

>

> I don't see right now any raisonable way to fix this mess, better than

> adding even more complexity in the design... (Nedko any idea?) Otherwise I

> guess the only way is to make this totally clear for packagers :  1) is the

> standard way that maintains complete compatibility with legacy applications

> and control applications. 2) is the "new" way to be used with new D-Bus

> based control application (patchage ??)...  So it would mean 2  separated

> packages.

this sounds like a mess. there is a control API. i believe it was

agreed that the control API could be accessed directly (from C/C++

etc), or via other systems for which translators/layers were added

(e.g. DBus). i can see no reason why anyone would want to use choose

between a JACK server that can be controlled via either DBus or the

control API but not both. what is going on?

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