[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 1/2] pactl: Add a command for setting the default sink/source.

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 17:41 +0100, poljar (Damir Jelić) wrote:
> This adds two new commands to pactl:
>     set-sink-set-default
>     set-source-set-default

In my opinion, "default sink" should be a property of the core, so the
command should be "set-default-sink".

Incidentally, there was recently a long debate at #bluez regarding
whether "default adapter" should be a property of an adapter object or
the adapter manager object. During the debate, it was argued that having
an "is default" property in the adapter object is usually easier for
clients than "default adapter" in the adapter manager, but on the other
hand, when the default adapter changes, it won't appear as an atomic
event (first the property changes on one adapter and then on another
adapter). No consensus was found, and the resolution was not to have a
"default adapter" property at all :D

The same arguments apply to pulseaudio's default sink and source. I'm in
the "default sink as a core property" camp (and that's how it's already
implemented internally).

Since I'm against an "is default" property in sinks and sources, I'm
also against the protocol extension that you added in patch 2. The
protocol already supports querying the default sink, so pactl can
display the "Default: yes/no" information without any protocol
extensions.

-- 
Tanu