Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:52:08 +0100 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Leaving the Desktop Market Message-ID: <7B0B15CE-EDE8-4DBE-A0E0-A7A2041D3DE5@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <533C0547.7000500@digsys.bg> References: <CAF6rxgkeBozvfV-L0%2BrFZ6fWRn0=Gi3BNq1kPL=-HTq0TD6MkQ@mail.gmail.com> <A70900DF-4BAA-427F-8731-01211FFD1887@mail.turbofuzz.com> <20140401094044.GX44074@e-new.0x20.net> <083e01cf4db9$f8f4e040$eadea0c0$@FreeBSD.org> <20140401174302.GU44074@e-new.0x20.net> <20140401195006.GA1368@tiny-r255948> <CAN6yY1vivPPbbjaC36zQiWwqPqhON_3NbAydwBeiehYsjkPLHg@mail.gmail.com> <BB89B6E2-AE5F-4F6A-B2B5-496B5F0F507A@FreeBSD.org> <533C0547.7000500@digsys.bg>
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On 2 Apr 2014, at 13:40, Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> wrote: >=20 > On 02.04.14 12:22, David Chisnall wrote: >> The use case that PulseAudio was [over]designed to fix was plugging = in USB headphones (or connecting a Bluetooth headset) and having = existing audio streams redirected there. >=20 > Please don't ever make this behavior the default! >=20 > Imagine, you have an audio setup mixing sound and pushing it out and = then you plug in some USB device that also has "audio capability" and = your production sound gets redirected there. A nightmare! Do you really think that someone is going to be setting up an audio = mixing environment without configuring their sound setup? Or that = people doing this make up the majority of users? > Knowing what you do and the system behaving in predictable way is one = of the beauties of UNIX and FreeBSD in particular. I agree, however sane defaults are also very important to a useable = system and these are not mutually exclusive. It is perfectly possible = to have a system that has defaults that do what most users do (or a = choice of defaults based on a simple selection of typical uses), but = which is also configurable if you have unusual requirements. This is = what we aim to do with FreeBSD. =20 > Don't make it so that even idiots can use it because then, only idiots = will be using it! This kind of argument has no place in FreeBSD. You are not a better = person because you use things that are hard to use. You are not a = better person because you choose to do things the difficult way. You = are not a better person because you prove your superiority by making = life hard for others. David
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