[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 3/6] pacmd: Add optional argument for quiet mode

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Thu, 2013-07-25 at 10:53 +0200, Thomas Martitz wrote:
> Am 25.07.2013 10:27, schrieb Peter Meerwald:
> >>> Anyway, I'm also annoyed by the chattiness so I think the quiet argument is
> >>> good, but since pacmd can't connect to remote servers,
> >>> you don't need to wait 100 ms to try to detect whether the server is old or
> >>> new. A new pacmd can just assume a new server.
> >> Pretty sure I used pacmd on a remote server by setting the PULSE_SERVER env
> >> variable.
> > pacmd check for a pid file and connects using PF_UNIX; it's local only at
> > the moment (and there is no authentication)
> 
> (Resending to the list)
> 
> Hm okay, I must have confused something then. So the current pacmd can 
> assume a current server, but if pacmd ever gains the ability to connect 
> to remote servers they have at to be at least the current version?

I don't see any reason for adding remote server support to pacmd. Why do
people even care about pacmd? If it has functionality that pactl
doesn't, that's considered a bug (at least by me).

-- 
Tanu