[arch-general] OT: [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

[David Benfell]

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On 08/10/2012 09:02 AM, Baho Utot wrote:
> On 08/10/2012 11:50 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
>> On 10 Aug 2012 22:52, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>
>> wrote:
>>> . PA until today is pure crap for MOST computer users
>>> (including those who try to switch to Linux), I don't like to
>>> hear again and again, that it does work for most Linux users,
>>> I even DOUBT that very much.
>>> 
>> This again? Let's paraphrase:-

<snip>

>> 
>> Copy, paste, on all the mailing lists I frequent.

Perhaps the fact that so many people--myself included--have had
problems with PulseAudio that are most easily solved by removing
PulseAudio ought to be taken into consideration. But PulseAudio
evangelists rarely, if ever, respond meaningfully to this point. That
suggests that the attachment to PulseAudio is based in emotion rather
than in reason.

Emotion is a legitimate basis for decisionmaking. But it is also
legitimate for others to choose what works for them.
>> 
>> Do you have any idea how ridiculous this sounds, after a while?
> I don't wish to get into that particular disagreement but......
> 
> pulse audio doesn't work for me in the two boxen I have it on. It
> just gets in the way and when it is removed I can set my audio
> just how I want it.

It's interesting that there is so much evangelism for PulseAudio. If
it really worked as advertised, 1) such evangelism would not be
necessary, and 2) the topic might not come up so often.

But what's really interesting is that the topic appears even here on
an Arch mailing list, since Arch--as far as I know--wouldn't foist
PulseAudio on anybody unless they wanted it.

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David Benfell
benfell at parts-unknown.org
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