Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: ALSA homepage redesign

[Juan Linietsky <coding@reduz.com.ar>]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:18:51 +0200
Joern Nettingsmeier <nettings@folkwang-hochschule.de> wrote:

> James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> > 
> <...> 
> > I think we should have a section on the web site for the different
> > applications which support different alsa versions.
> > 
> 
> NOOOO. could we please please please annihilate every last little
> trace of alsa 0.5.x from that page ?
> if that's the stable release, people should be using kernel 1.2 on
> an 8086 (as everyone knows, that's the stable release of the
> pentium).
> 
> if it has to be, add a very small link to *OBSOLETE* releases and
> apps that use them, but please not on the front page. i don't know
> how often i have told newbies who had just freshly installed
> "stable" to ditch it and start over with 0.9...
> 
> i don't see why jaroslav has sticked to this stable/unstable naming
> scheme so long, but probably he had too many other things to do.
> patrick, please fix this asap.
> 
> set_rant_mode(off);
> 
> really like the new site. good to see it maintained, and the three
> main links for different interest groups are an excellent idea.
> 
> jörn
> 
> 

I second the motion, alsa 0.5.x not only is way more unstable than 0.9.x in all the cards i've tried it with (and specially sblive) but more incompatible. I think "obsolete" will fit perfect for it.

Juan Linietsky