#1091994 meterbridge: jackd dependency should be softened since pipewire can fit

Package:
meterbridge
Source:
meterbridge
Description:
Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server
Submitter:
Olivier Berger
Date:
2025-01-03 09:03:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1091994#5
Date:
2025-01-03 08:54:50 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Apparently, meterbridge can be used with pipewire-jack which allows replacing a Jack server with pipewire.

Thus, the dependency on jackd could be softened, IMHO.

Maybe this could be handled globally by pipewire-jack providing some kind of jack-daemon / jackd replacement in dpkg...

Hope this makes sense, and helps.

In the meantime, it's possible to install with dpkg --ignore-depends, but that's largely suboptimal.

Best regards,