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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:09 +0100
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        perryh@pluto.rain.com
Cc:        rick-freebsd2008@kiwi-computer.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /dev/dsp* & /dev/audio* devices not present
Message-ID:  <86d4es7fd6.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <496ad1cd.5X8ZKwS/WWhYNQ61%perryh@pluto.rain.com> (perryh@pluto.rain.com's message of "Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:14:53 -0800")
References:  <20090107181032.GA2808@rebelion.Sisis.de> <1231398405.2842.1.camel@daemon2.partygaming.local> <20090108080708.GE1462@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <4966e5b7.sTBBp%2BJY%2BDDMKG47%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090109204014.GA83381@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <496892aa.n9QVqyhWypsSmeIU%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090111160138.GA2386@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <496ad1cd.5X8ZKwS/WWhYNQ61%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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perryh@pluto.rain.com writes:
> "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd2008@kiwi-computer.com> writes:
> > Funny.  But this isn't a bug disguised as a feature.
> > It's a feature that you believe is a bug.
> I would call it a bug that you believe is a feature.

It is *by definition* a feature.  The code works as intended.  If it
didn't, that would be a bug.  The fact that you wish the code worked
differently doesn't make it a bug.

Anyway, you can complain until you're blue in the face, but it's not
going to change, for a number of very good reasons (which have mostly
been listed in other posts in this thread).

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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