On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 00:36 +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The essence of it still is the question, why can't PA be optional? > > I don't do gnome stuff, so I don't know the answer to this (I think I > do, but haven't taken the time to check). I'm sure the answer can be > found if you were to do > > $ git clone git://git.gnome.org/gnome-settings-daemon > $ git grep -i pulse > > HTH, > > Tom Fair play, I don't need GDM and for Arch Linux on my computer only GDM depends indirectly to pulaseaudio. I simply fear that PA and other software that could brake some usages, will spread, without any need. There will alway be a way (at least with help from the community) to get rid of such annoying software. But IMO the simplest way is to stop making odd dependencies. Regards, Ralf
