[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#1011130: libpipewire-0.3-0: should not recommend pipewire

[IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)]

Package: libpipewire-0.3-0
Version: 0.3.51-1+b1
Followup-For: Bug #1011130

Dear Maintainer,

just for the record (with a bit of pro-audio background).

1. i wholeheartedly welcome "pipewire" and cannot wait until it becomes
the default soundsystem for Debian. (pulse be gone! it's been a pain)

2. i agree with vincent however, that there's no need to pull in the
pipewire daemon by default. just like libjack1 does not Depend
on/Recommend jackd1 (resp, libjack-jackd2-0 does not Depend on/Recommend
jackd2). libjack uses "Suggests".
libpuse0 uses "Suggests" for pulseaudio as well...

3. i understand sebastinas' annoyance if they feel somebody is on a crusade
against pipewire (but i haven't  followed any of the discussion except
for this bug-report on the thread on debian-devel@ to acknowledge
whether there is an actual crusade or not).


cheers.