Retiring jackd1

[Nicholas D Steeves]

Hi Ryan, Iohannes, and anyone else reading this

IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) <umlaeute at debian.org> writes:

> On 10/7/19 2:13 AM, ryan at synca.io wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I recently ran into a problem with jackd1 not being compatible with some
>> other software (mixxx).
>
> what do you mean with "not being compatible"?
>
> in any case, it sounds like a bug in either mixxx, libportaudio or jackd1.
>

Agreed.

>
>
>> Checking the rdepends on jackd1, it seems like nothing other than jack
>> packages depend on it, so wondering if it should be removed.
>
> also nothing depends on jackd2 (or nothing but other jack packages
> should depend directly on it). so should we retire it as well?
>
> the current policy is that the user can chose to install either jackd1
> OR jackd2, whatever fits their needs.
>

Agreed.

Ryan, by the way, jackd1 is still under active development.  There are
three things that jackd1 support that jackd2 doesn't:

1. OSS.  IIRC some sound cards are still only supported by the 4Front
driver (http://www.opensound.com/oss.html), and/or some users prefer to
use this driver.  There's a reasonably recent thread on the topic here:
    https://musescore.org/en/node/111586
Please note I'm not vouching for the validity of any of those posts,
only that there exist users who appreciate this option.

2. I don't have recent citations for this, but I've read that some
pre-2008'ish interfaces work better with jackd1.

3. Built-in multi-soundcard support, and built-in MIDI support.  Some
users prefer this method.
--

https://github.com/jackaudio/jackaudio.github.com/wiki/Q_difference_jack1_jack2

Personally I use jackd2, and found the jackd1 vs jackd2 thing confusing
when starting out.  We really ought to enhance documentation somewhere.
The wiki would be a good place to start.


Regards,
Nicholas
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