On 10 October 2011 11:20, Guillaume Rousse <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> If you want to use OSS apps with PulseAudio, please install "ossp" >>>>> package which I've also just submitted. >>>>> >>>>> I think ultimately we'll disable ALSA OSS emulation completely and use >>>>> ossp in both PA and non-PA modes but I hear that the non-PA usage isn't >>>>> quite as nice, so I'm holding off doing this just yet. >>>> >>>> then task-pa should suggests ossp... >>> >>> I'm undecided about this. I'm not sure if the default setup should >>> include OSS sound support or not. Perhaps it would be better left as >>> something that users install if they need it. >> >> We'd support for OSS, I don't see any reason to drop that support >> gratuitously > > Just for curiosity, where is OSS support needed nowadays ? Quake and co ?
Last time I checked (6 monthes ago), yes some old quake[12] games. Historically, we also have (had?) cases of apps not supporting alsa, or not supporting alsa new api (1.0.9+ ?), ... OSS support doesn't cost anything to us, so I see no reason to not enable us by default like we do for years.
