From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 14:45:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9BD4106564A for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8620E8FC19 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [84.49.246.2]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4EDA6D43F; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A8C96844ED; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:09 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: perryh@pluto.rain.com References: <20090107181032.GA2808@rebelion.Sisis.de> <1231398405.2842.1.camel@daemon2.partygaming.local> <20090108080708.GE1462@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <4966e5b7.sTBBp+JY+DDMKG47%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090109204014.GA83381@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <496892aa.n9QVqyhWypsSmeIU%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090111160138.GA2386@keira.kiwi-computer.com> <496ad1cd.5X8ZKwS/WWhYNQ61%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:45:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <496ad1cd.5X8ZKwS/WWhYNQ61%perryh@pluto.rain.com> (perryh@pluto.rain.com's message of "Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:14:53 -0800") Message-ID: <86d4es7fd6.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: rick-freebsd2008@kiwi-computer.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/dsp* & /dev/audio* devices not present X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:11 -0000 perryh@pluto.rain.com writes: > "Rick C. Petty" writes: > > Funny. But this isn't a bug disguised as a feature. > > It's a feature that you believe is a bug. > I would call it a bug that you believe is a feature. It is *by definition* a feature. The code works as intended. If it didn't, that would be a bug. The fact that you wish the code worked differently doesn't make it a bug. Anyway, you can complain until you're blue in the face, but it's not going to change, for a number of very good reasons (which have mostly been listed in other posts in this thread). DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no