On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 04:11:54PM +0200, Ronald Bultje wrote: > Hey, > > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 14:50, alsa@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > sorry, but when the kernel became a heap?.... > > why not to take as an example ALSA? > > create a small add-ons library, that can do transformations. > > ALSA is the worst example of how one can screw up. An add-on lib like > this is supposed to provide functionality in addition to the POSIX > calls, not *wrap* POSIX. If anyone wants to write code that has a chance of working with all sourcards alsa-lib is a must. I see no point in making it optional. -- Ville Syrjälä syrjala@xxxxxx http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/