Re: [LAD] Any package builders here?

On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 14:40 +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
> On 06/01/2011 11:50 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Hi :)
> >
> > could you please add a dependency to audio/MIDI app packages for your
> > distros, that will set up real-time usage?
> >
> [..incorrect code snippet..]
>
> On Debian, both jack1 and jack2 packages do already include that.
>
> ----/etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf----
> # Provided by the jackd package.
> #
> # Changes to this file will be preserved.
> #
> # If you want to enable/disable realtime permissions, run
> #
> # dpkg-reconfigure -p high jackd
>
> @audio - rtprio 95
> @audio - memlock unlimited
> #@audio - nice -19
> -------------------8<---------------------
>
> Maybe it's time to notify the debian-mm-team to remove the 'nice' line
> instead of commenting it out. OTOH it shows that they are aware that
> it's not strictly needed but may come in handy.
>
>
> > I can't see any reason not do add such a dependency. Or is there a
> > good reason not to do?
>
> I suppose it's simply pragmatic.
> Pulling this config out into a dedicated package might be a good idea.
> However I don't think there's any real-world use-case:
>
> How many audio apps support 'rtprio' directly (without JACK)? ..and how
> many pro-audio users do use this software but do not have JACK
> installed. I bet the number is zero.
>
> robin

Hi Robin :)

somebody on the Debian users list send this to me and he seems to use
Jack by a package ;).

-- Ralf

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Received on Wed Jun 1 20:15:03 2011