Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] a port/buffer proposal
From: Abramo Bagnara (abramo_AT_alsa-project.org)
Date: Tue May 22 2001 - 01:01:52 EEST
Karl MacMillan wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 May 2001, Abramo Bagnara wrote:
>
> > Paul Davis wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, on the level I'm discussing today, we don't actually
> > > care. However, at other levels of the API, my worldview says:
> > >
> > > A Port represents a single channel of audio data available for either
> > > input or output.
> >
> > This means that a plugin that have N (variable) channels as input and 1
> > channels as output cannot exist?
> >
>
> No it does not.
Sincerely this seems to me an *huge* design flaw.
> > You've some kind of attitude to intimidation, do you know? ;-)
> >
>
> I think Paul is feeling the same frustration that many of us are - many of
> the issues that you are raising have been dealt with before and some
> consensus achieved.
I've maximum respect about this and I've felt the very same frustration
many times when a different point of view on alsa-devel has revealed
design mistakes.
My choice has always been to change things for the best also when this
has needed more work, long discussions, flame wars, etc.
I've exported this experience to this discussion on linux-audio-dev,
taking for granted that you follow the same development model.
Perhaps I've done a mistake and in this case I'd like to apologize.
Is your aim is to leave past decision untouched, I think to have wasted
my time and your.
Please answer not as a matter of principle but following what you feel.
I like much more intestinal sincerity than pseudo-rational politeness.
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