#1128431 pipewire-jack: It would be nice to have pipewire-jack use debconf to propose ld.so configuration

Package:
pipewire-jack
Source:
pipewire-jack
Description:
PipeWire JACK plugin
Submitter:
Clément Hermann
Date:
2026-02-20 08:59:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1128431#5
Date:
2026-02-19 17:43:44 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

after seeing some users struggle with pipewire-jack because they didn't
read the README, but only external docs not debian-specific, or worse,
asking a LLM prone to hallucinations, I realised it could help a lot to
have a debconf question asking if one wants to use pw-jack to run the
jack compat layer, or use it all the time. If one doesn't intend to use
jackd at all, wich is usually the case of newcomers setting up
pipewire-jack setting up the ld.so config would make more sense.

Still, to allow power-users to use jackd and the jack compat layer only
as an exception, a debconf question that one can change with
dpkg-reconfigure makes most sense to me.

I can propose a patch (or a Salsa MR) if you agree.

Cheers,

#1128431#10
Date:
2026-02-20 08:56:30 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Clément,

I have always wanted to make pipewire-jack easier to use, but I haven't
had the time. It would be wonderful if you could propose this feature
via a salsa MR :-)

Best regards,
Dylan