At Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:22:04 -0600, Timur Tabi wrote: > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > Right, if you are a developer, it's fine (and even better). But, my > > concern is that the whole linux kernel tree might be too heavy for > > some casual user who just wants to try the latest version of ALSA > > driver... "Download 50MB and use 350MB disk space just for a single > > fix? Hell, no!" > > I don't think there are many people who really care about this. I personally > don't know any. In fact, ALSA is the only kernel subsystem I know that works > the way it does now. It depends on the definition of "people". Developers don't care, of course. But users, more specifically bug reporters/testers, do care. It'll surprise you how many reporters don't use SCM in the debug sessions when you see ALSA bugtracks. They really prefer an easy installable tarball. Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
