libsndfile [PSARC/2008/767 FastTrack timeout 12/19/2008]

[James Carlson]

Bart Smaalders writes:
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> > Basically, this is a problem of applications "assuming" that /dev/audio 
> > is always sufficient.  For a situation like Sun Ray, this simply isn't 
> > the case.
> 
> Pushing device virtuallization onto the applications seems broken; the
> SunRay team should pursue device virtualization in Solaris more
> aggressively.

Architecturally I agree completely, but since it's like this now and
the fix is quite trivial, it's hard to argue too strongly against
applying a two-or-three-line fix to be compatible with at least "old
broken Sun Ray."

I think a bigger problem here is that (as far as I know) Sun Ray
doesn't actively participate in the architectural review process, so
there's no obvious way for us to bring about any changes, or even to
have much of a way of knowing when conflicts might occur except by
"accident."

(That's about the only solid argument I could muster against the fix
previously suggested, and it ignores the fact that we ought not be
punishing users for our internal issues.)

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