[alsa-devel] [PATCH - alsa-lib 1/1] Change card/pid get functions to return -ENOSYS if the kernel is too old

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:10:41 +0200,
Martin Koegler wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 03:23:01PM -0400, Adam Goode wrote:
> > Have you heard any objections?
> > 
> > Also, would you plan to do a 1.1.2 release soon after accepting this, to
> > get this functionality out quickly?
> 
> Distributions already start to pick 1.1.1 up:
> https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/382608
> https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/382611
>
> I would object merging that patch, if there is no immediate patched 1.1.2 release available, 
> as otherwise 1.1.1 with a different API will get used by the mass. 

I have no strong opinion on this, so far.  Either way (a quick 1.1.2
fix release, or introducing a new function in 1.1.2) isn't a big
deal.  Maybe the former is easier, but the latter is safer.

Jaroslav, what's your take?
(And no, let's not use the versioned symbols again :)


thanks,

Takashi