On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 23:11 +0000, cdr wrote: > On Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 05:45:57PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-02-13 at 14:43 -0800, njcross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there's a distro that comes already packaged w/ jack > > > and ALSA 1.0.11rc2 or rc3 ? > > > > No, > > Yes ( http://gentoo.org ), > ls -1 /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/*.ebuild > /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-1.0.10-r2.ebuild > /usr/portage/media-sound/alsa-driver/alsa-driver-1.0.11_rc3.ebuild > Well Gentoo does not exactly package anything. I took "comes already packaged" to mean a traditional distro where some of the quality control has been done by the packagers - with Gentoo for all you know you're the first person to try that exact combination of programs. > > > and it would not be a good idea anyway - why would you ship a > > release candidate rather than wait for the 1.0.11 release? > > bug fixes, newer hardware supported, and updates to make it compile with the latest kernel > > i agree, binary distributions based on the concept of shipping out CDs every 6 months would want an actual release, but not mere users who just want things to work right now :) > > > > > There are still a bunch of regressions from 1.0.10 to be dealt with. > > > > Lee >
