(Sorry if you get this message twice; it was suggested to bring this to
the ubuntu-desktop mailinglist)
Hi!
The jack detection stuff I've been working with [1] during the Oneiric
cycle is currently somewhat half-baked. What's missing is some UI
changes to make this more user friendly.
For me it's important to get this done during the Precise cycle, and
preferably as early as possible to get some feedback. For me personally
I consider this to be the second highest thing on my priority list (the
highest one will always be taking care of HWE bugs when they come up)
I'm happy to spend my cycles on it as necessary. I know a lot about
PulseAudio and how that part is supposed to work, but I'm not a trained
designer.
As it stands, PulseAudio now provides sufficient information [2] for us
to have the possibility to revamp the Sound Settings UI to make it more
user friendly. This change was first discussed with Matthew Paul Thomas
in June (IIRC), then Harry von Haaren - a summer worker - took on first
making some mockups and later, started on an implementation. The
implementation was never finished, and I'm not sure how much of it can
be reused for "the real thing".
Also, there is no reason as I see it to not trying to upstream it into
GNOME. I don't know exactly how to do that or who to contact about it.
We should definitely have a UDS session about this, but I'm not sure
whether HWE or DX (or someone else) is the better driver here. So this
is mostly an outreach to - hopefully! - relevant people to help me out
to finish off jack detection and make it a success in Precise!
