alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Jaroslav Kysela]

Hello,

 	I made a quick release 1.0.21a of the alsa-lib package to fix 
regression for the configuration parsing (makes some device names 
unavailable). These patches were included:

19abc37 PCM - Change the hw_params determination order
d1b70af Change dmix.conf to accept user configuration from
         defaults.dmix.<driver_id>.xxx
eb9ae58 Revert "Fix driver conf parsing in
         snd_config_hook_load_for_all_cards()"
f0a32a6 mixer: Add Speaker and Beep names to the weight list

 						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, Red Hat, Inc.

Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Tony Vroon]

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On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:51 +0200, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> I made a quick release 1.0.21a of the alsa-lib package to fix 
> regression for the configuration parsing (makes some device names 
> unavailable).

Could you stick to numeric versions if possible please. Arbitrary
postfixes like "a" or "b" are hard to express in the versioning scheme
we use on ebuilds.
This could be unique to portage, but I wanted to speak up in case it
affects others as well. 1.0.21.1 may fit your "newer then 1.0.21; but
not quite 1.0.22" needs.

Regards,
Tony V.
UNIX systems administrator
London Internet Exchange
(also a Gentoo developer that touches media-sound ebuilds)

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Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Thierry Vignaud]

Tony Vroon <tony@linx.net> writes:

> On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:51 +0200, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > I made a quick release 1.0.21a of the alsa-lib package to fix 
> > regression for the configuration parsing (makes some device names 
> > unavailable).
>
> Could you stick to numeric versions if possible please. Arbitrary
> postfixes like "a" or "b" are hard to express in the versioning scheme
> we use on ebuilds.
> This could be unique to portage, but I wanted to speak up in case it
> affects others as well. 1.0.21.1 may fit your "newer then 1.0.21; but
> not quite 1.0.22" needs.

I've complained about this for years...

Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Tony Vroon]

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On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:19 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
> I've complained about this for years...

It wasn't deemed worthy a reply, so apparently nobody cares.
Ah well.

Regards,
Tony V.

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Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Tony Vroon wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:19 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
>> I've complained about this for years...
>
> It wasn't deemed worthy a reply, so apparently nobody cares.
> Ah well.

I care, but it's sometimes difficult to change old habits ;-( I hope to 
remember new versioning scheme for a next release. The last ALSA release 
versions ending with a character are just quick fixes, so just increase 
the package release version for your distro and add a small patch with 
changes.

 					Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, Red Hat, Inc.

Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[James Courtier-Dutton]

2009/9/21 Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Tony Vroon wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:19 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
>>> I've complained about this for years...
>>
>> It wasn't deemed worthy a reply, so apparently nobody cares.
>> Ah well.
>
> I care, but it's sometimes difficult to change old habits ;-( I hope to
> remember new versioning scheme for a next release. The last ALSA release
> versions ending with a character are just quick fixes, so just increase
> the package release version for your distro and add a small patch with
> changes.
>
>                                        Jaroslav
>

One could just move to a 4 number scheme with the last number being
minor fixes. Much like the linux kernel release numbers.
What would have to change to move from ALSA 1.0.x.x to 1.1.x.x ?
What would have to change to move from ALSA 1.x.x.x to 2.x.x.x

Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:23:03 +0100,
James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> 
> 2009/9/21 Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>:
> > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Tony Vroon wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:19 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
> >>> I've complained about this for years...
> >>
> >> It wasn't deemed worthy a reply, so apparently nobody cares.
> >> Ah well.
> >
> > I care, but it's sometimes difficult to change old habits ;-( I hope to
> > remember new versioning scheme for a next release. The last ALSA release
> > versions ending with a character are just quick fixes, so just increase
> > the package release version for your distro and add a small patch with
> > changes.
> >
> >                                        Jaroslav
> >
> 
> One could just move to a 4 number scheme with the last number being
> minor fixes. Much like the linux kernel release numbers.
> What would have to change to move from ALSA 1.0.x.x to 1.1.x.x ?

IMO, when some major API additions/changes go in.

> What would have to change to move from ALSA 1.x.x.x to 2.x.x.x

Similarly, when the whole API get changed.  But, this would happen
rarely, I guess :)


Takashi
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Re: alsa-lib 1.0.21a release

[Takashi Iwai]

At Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:18:57 +0200 (CEST),
Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Tony Vroon wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:19 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote:
> >> I've complained about this for years...
> >
> > It wasn't deemed worthy a reply, so apparently nobody cares.
> > Ah well.
> 
> I care, but it's sometimes difficult to change old habits ;-( I hope to 
> remember new versioning scheme for a next release. The last ALSA release 
> versions ending with a character are just quick fixes, so just increase 
> the package release version for your distro and add a small patch with 
> changes.

Heh, I might be the first bad guy who introduced an alphabetic suffix
at the time of ALSA 0.5.x :)

I agree, however, that a digit version number would work better
for many packagers.


Takashi