winealsa.drv patch to enum all software devices from .asoundrc
Chris Robinson
chris.kcat at gmail.com
Mon Feb 13 15:22:04 CST 2012
On Monday, February 13, 2012 10:31:06 PM Нискородов Серёжа wrote:
> Ok, I agree, many "junk devices", bad enumeration methods, okay. But
> why you are against a registry parameter? I'm a power user, I know
> WHAT I do, I want to see all ALSA devices, even "junk". Why I can't do
> that?
Mainly because it's just another way with which users can mess up their
configuration. Options are good for forcing specific values when default
detection fails or is sub-optimal. But options for new behavior that's not
needed (and brings in unwanted side effects, e.g., duplicate and unuseable
audio devices) just adds unnecessary variability to the code's behavior.
IMO, of course. It's not just you and me that need to worry about such an
option, but all the users that have access to it and all the developers that
need to deal with the consequences.
> But you want to do it more difficulty, when I define a new device in
> .asoundrc, I have to write it's name to WINE registry.
I'm not the arbiter of what winealsa will or will not do. I'm just giving my
thoughts and opinions on the matter.
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