severity 391669 wishlist thanks On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 01:46:16AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Since etch will only ship with kernel 2.6 I'd even question whether it > makes sense to ship an extra package with OSS support at all.
OSS offers all the features mpg123 needs. Not having to load the OSS compat module on Linux is the only benefit you gain from using the ALSA version. On the other hand, OSS support in mpg123 is well tested whereas the ALSA 0.9+ interface was only recently added. OSS is a default that works on more kernels than only Linux, and is has a smaller memory footprint: On my system, it's about 57k for the OSS compatibility module, 772k for libasound. > But the default package people get after upgrading from sarge should > be one with ALSA support. Actually, I'd like to fold as many of the different flavours as possible into a single package, and dynamically select the proper output method. Upstream is working on a solution, and I hope it will be in time for etch. This should settle the ALSA problem as well. Regards, Daniel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
