Presentation + A debian-based for audio creation and production, stage technics and video blend (or "the future of TangoStudio")

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Le 12/11/2012 12:26, Reinhard Tartler a écrit :
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Andreas Tille<andreas at an3as.eu>  wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:30:20AM +0100, Aurélien Roux wrote:
>>>> Just ensure that the blend metapackage(s) don't depend on it.
>>>
>>> Maybe it might even have a conflict with pulseaudio, no?
>>
>> We discussed the option of having conflicts in metapackages several
>> times.  If I remember correctly the main drawback is that users who
>> really really want to have pulseaudio need to deinstall the metapackage
>> which is not always what you want.
>
> TBH, I do not think that a conflicts in the meta package is the right
> technical solution.
>
> What you want here is to provide the users the best technical
> environment to get his work done. I think a much better solution would
> be a something like a wizard that examines your system installation,
> educates the user about the findings, and then does specific
> recommendations (ideally with "fix this" buttons to just do so).


Hmmm, you're right.

>
> Things that I imagine that this wizard could do would include:
>
>   *  "The pulseaudio seems to be running. This can cause the following
> problems<...>  do you want to a) disable pulseaudio in your user
> profile, b) remove it from your system c) do nothing
>   * "Your Gnome System Menu is missing the following entries. Do you
> want to add them?"
>   * "We recommend installing the following applications:<app>  <purpose>"
>   * "You are not running a -rt kernel: do you want to install and reboot?"
>   * "Your system needs special configuration to reduce the system
> latency, do you want me to do the following changes to /etc/...?"
>
> I think you get the idea. That would leave the choice to the user and
> still be very functional and easy to use.

Yes, that's pretty nice. That's surely a better way!

>
> BTW, the idea is not really novel. See for example the powertop
> application, which makes such suggestions (albeit in text mode) about
> power management to save battery time.
>
> I guess that would be an interesting application for a Debian multimedia blend.
>


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