Previously the path description was looked up based on the
path name only. Since there can be multiple paths that use
the same description, it had to be possible to have multiple
paths with the same name.
Having the same name with multiple paths makes identifying
the paths more complex than necessary, so the plan is to
make it impossible to have paths with the same name. This
patch prepares for that by retaining the possibility to
still have the same description with multiple paths. Instead
of the path name, the path description is looked up by using
the "path description key" if it is set (path name is still
used as a fallback lookup key).
If we expose this information, UIs can use this to make better
decisions about what icon to display.
Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com>
I've seen more than one system where the volume control named
"Front" is a part of audio path for headphones. This is somewhat
of a compromise: While we don't merge it into the path, as that
would be regressing machines where "Front" isn't a part of the
audio path, it would still enable sound on these machines.
BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804178
Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com>
