----- Matt Henley <nwmatt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/17/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 14:52 -0500, Thomas Vecchione wrote: > > > > Sure, I just don't see why a new Ubuntu flavor is required, > rather than > > > > actually finding and fixing the issues with the main branch. > It's not > > > > like we live in a closed source world where it's Microsoft or > Apple's > > > > way or the highway... > > > > > > One of Ubuntu's bragging rights is its ease of setup and install, > even > > > easier than Windows in most cases I have used it. Requiring > tweaks in > > > order to use the audio as compared to a standard distro is part of > what > > > can take away from that. > > > > > > I dont really think it is the same thing as say, a completly > different > > > distro. It is just precustomized versions of the distro for > specific > > > purposes, meaning I dont have to put in these tweaks every time. > > > > > > > I just think it's much easier for developers and users to fix the > > mainline distro so these tweaks are no longer needed than to create > a > > new project. > > > > Lee > > > > But what if "fixing" the mainline distro degrades the performance for > things other than multimedia? One would hope a patch that configures one thing at the expense of breaking another would not get commited into a stable release. I would expect this for a distro with decent QA. -l
