On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 11:47 -0400, M P Smoak wrote: > On Monday 11 December 2006 09:03 am, Dave Phillips wrote: > > Paul Davis wrote: > > >for what its worth, the recent OSDL DAM-3 meeting has nominally > > > decided to try to target LAC-2007 as a face-to-face opportunity to > > > resolve the wretched state of audio APIs on linux. > > > > This is good news. Whose faces might we see then ? > > > > Will you be there ? > > > > Best, > > > > dp > > Based on recent news and comments I've read re osdl, I wonder > if there will be any osdl faces seen. > > http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6640205688.html > > Has osdl ever contributed anything toward linux audio/sound? OSDL is not attempting to contribute anything. their desktop linux project is trying to shepherd, guide, and focus efforts on the desktop, nothing more than that. and yes, i will be suprised if OSDL lasts another year, but given that nobody else is attempting to do what they are doing, we should be glad that *someone* is trying. --p