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I'm not sure if the default setup should +</I>>><i> include OSS sound support or not. Perhaps it would be better left as +</I>>><i> something that users install if they need it. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> As we'll eventually have to go through all the packages that require +</I>>><i> soundwrapper, perhaps we could either: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> a) Replace the soundwrapper require with a ossp require. +</I>>><i> b) Patch soundwrapper such that it's a noop if osspd is running and make +</I>>><i> it require ossp. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> The latter would mean less churn on packages, but it's arguably just +</I>>><i> delaying the inevitable work of doing it eventually. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Thoughts? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Col +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I've released and uploaded a new version of soundwrapper (first one in 4 years :o) that is a no-op if osspd is running. +</I> + +Nice one David! Thank you so much :) + +I fixed the ACL issues in osspd the other week, so users should be able +to use the /dev/dsp device quite happily now without any hacks. + +There are still some experimental patches (to cuse, kernel and osspd +IIRC) that will enable mmap support which *should* be the final missing +link for full OSS support in some games. + +At some point after mga2 we might want to consider dropping oss support +fully, except via osspd, and thus soundwrapper might eventually be +unneeded... but that discussion certainly doesn't need to happen today +and it's not really a problem either way in my opinion - just a matter +of how "progressive" we want to be :) + +Cheers + +Col + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011726.html">[Mageia-dev] OSS sound support +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011727.html">[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release compiz-0.9.7-0.bzr2979.mga2 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11905">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11905">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11905">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11905">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |