2010/1/25 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 22:50 +0100, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Is there any good reason why alsa-tools is not available >> from core or extra and only (in bits and pieces) from AUR ? >> >> Tools like envy24ctl or hdspmixer are really not an >> option when you use one of the soundcards they are >> meant to control. You need them for things to work at >> all. >> >> Any other distros I know would put them in the equivalent >> of core. >> >> Ciao, >> > Hi fons, I believe the standard answer is that it'll be taken up if/when > there's anyone interested in maintaining it? And, in this case, the answer to "why isn't in the repos already?" is: because no one has needed it
