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On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I think you've hit the nail on the head. Complex setups require |
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> complex software... deal with it. An analogy is that an 18-wheeler |
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> semi-tractor trailer with a 17-speed manual transmission (plus air brakes |
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> that require months of training to manage/use) is much more powerful |
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> than a Chevy Sonic hatchback when it comes to hauling huge loads. But |
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> for someoneone who merely wants to zip out to the supermarket and buy a |
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> week's groceries, the hatchback is much more appropriate. |
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> Similarly, PulseAudio may be better at handling complex situations |
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> like you describe. The yelling and screaming you're hearing are from |
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> the 99% of people whose setups are not complex enough to justify |
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> PulseAudio. Making 100% of setups more complex in order to handle the |
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> 1% of edge cases is simply wrong. |
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The "complexity" overhead of pulseaudio is vaaastly overstated here. |
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Yes, as a general principle, adding unneeded complexity is bad. But that takes |
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into account general ideas on the relative tradeoffs of having it there or not. |
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But listen to the happy PA users here who don't feel any problem with their |
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setup. The complexity doesn't bite them. |
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Analogy: |
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99% of people aren't going to need a11y. But the whole point of installing it |
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by default on most desktop systems is that you can't predict who will need it, |
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and _it does not harm_ (or very little harm) to the people who don't. |
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So your tradeoffs are: |
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A) no a11y unless elected by user: |
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- for the 1%: a11y is a pain to install because the user might not |
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even be able to see the screen (very big pain) |
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- for the 99% use a few megabytes less on their disk. (very small gain) |
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B) a11y for everyone unless elected removed: |
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- for the 1%: they can use the system properly (no pain) |
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- for the 99%: use a few megabytes more on their disk (very small pain) |
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Obviously (B) is a better default choice. Ditto pulseaudio. |
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