Comment 8 for bug 109659

Re: having separate packaged plugins in universe: this would require duplication of the code for something that could build in universe, and makes security/upgrade/whatnot support a bit of a nightmare. To enable these, we need jack to return to main.

From what I understand, the main blocker to jack being in main is that jack currently depends on the FreeBoB libraries, which are inactive upstream. As these transition to ffado, or if there is a decision to drop support for firewire devices, the main inclusion report can proceed. Given the choice between a pulseaudio sink and support for a growing class of devices, I'm personally strongly inclined to continue to support the devices, with the minor inconvenience that users who wish to use JACK in combination with desktop applications (as opposed to studio applications) must configure their systems manually.