That's why i'm using OSS for that kind of matters. 2009/8/11 Jeff Horelick <jdhore1@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Jan de Groot <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> There's a release of GNOME 2.27.90 scheduled for this week, which means >> that GNOME will enter a code freeze. This is the point where I usually >> pick up packaging the next major version. >> >> For GNOME 2.27/28, some things will change in the distribution: >> - DeviceKit-Disks (new package) >> - PolicyKit 1.0 replacing 0.9 >> - PulseAudio (new package) >> - Esound >> >> Then there's PulseAudio. Though I still don't feel the need for this one >> on the systems I own, a lot of users have requested this. PA has matured >> a lot in the meanwhile, and PA is more than just an ordinary ESD >> replacement. >> >> Another issue is ESD. This package is not really maintained upstream >> anymore, and I don't think it makes sense to have two sound servers as >> dependency for one desktop. Given the fact that Fedora disables esound >> support since 2.23.4, I think it won't be a problem to remove it from >> the dependency chain. Esound will stay in the repositories, but won't be >> used by GNOME as sound server anymore. >> >> >> > I'm personally unhappy that PulseAudio will be my only sound system choice > if i use GNOME. Yes, i realize that PulseAudio has improved massively in the > past year or so, but it still breaks quite a few apps and in my experience, > skips/stutters more than you want unless you're using a realtime kernel. > > I really hope PulseAudio will be a optdepend or a actual part of the gnome > or gnome-extra groups so that if someone decides they don't want it, they > don't have to use it. >
