Re: [PATCH v2] Autoconnect jack ports by default

[Geoffrey McRae <geoff@hostfission.com>]

While I get where you're coming from, those using QEMU with Jack are 
already advanced users that are used to reading technical documentation. 
Having our one client do something that is unexpected/different would 
not only confuse existing Jack users but also anyone following any 
guides/documentation on how to use a generic jack client. IMO the better 
solution here is simply better documentation, perhaps even a known 
working sample setup.

On 2021-02-25 09:33, Christian Schoenebeck wrote:
> On Mittwoch, 24. Februar 2021 23:04:47 CET Geoffrey McRae wrote:
>> This goes against how all standard jack clients work, a new jack 
>> client
>> should not auto-connect at all unless explicitly configured to as if
>> there is an existing audio diagram configured (which is 99% of the 
>> time)
>> it will cause unexpected/undesired behavior.
>> 
>> Jack is not supposed to be an 'automatic' system, it's the
>> responsibility of the patch bay software to route connections.
>> 
>> The auto-connect feature exists to allow the jack audiodev to 
>> re-connect
>> a broken connection when the jack device restarts/reconnects.
> 
> Well, that was also my idea first, and I would agree with you in case 
> of a
> regular music app of course, but then I thought QEMU is probably not an
> average JACK client, and it simply lowers the entry level for new users 
> who
> probably just want to output to system out anyway.
> 
> I mean, are you piping QEMU into Ardour or something Geoffrey?
> 
> This could still be overridden by passing a bogus pattern with argument
> "connect-ports" for people who prefer the patchbay approach in the end.

Sorry but this is a kludge to reverse another kludge, I really don't 
think this is a good way to go.

> 
> So I would vote for the "make it easy for newbies" approach in this 
> case, but
> I leave that up to you and Gerd to decide. :)
> 
> Best regards,
> Christian Schoenebeck