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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:46:36
Message-Id: pan$e844b$b16956e5$a166c719$6d0c9b59@cox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed by "Michał Górny"
1 Michał Górny posted on Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:25:54 +0200 as excerpted:
2
3 > # Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> (28 Aug 2017)
4 > # Alike xfce4-mixer, relies on gstreamer:0.10 (gstreamer:1.0 removed
5 > # mixer wrappers). Last commit upstream in 2014. PulseAudio users
6 > # can switch to xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
7 > # or xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed-pulse.
8 > # Removal in 30 days. Bug #629212.
9 > xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed
10
11 OK, you singled out pulseaudio users when you mentioned an alternative.
12
13 What about non-pulseaudio users?
14
15 Seems to me that message could be made better for them regardless of
16 whether there's a non-pulseaudio alternative or not. If so, listing
17 it/them would of course be useful.
18
19 If there's no non-pulseaudio alternative, I'd suggest explaining why,
20 something like this, depending on the reason:
21
22 # Xfce now requires pulseaudio so there's no non-pulseaudio alternative
23 # other than switching away from xfce on upgrade. Sorry.
24
25 Or:
26
27 # No xfce/gtk-based non-pulseaudio alternative known. This masking
28 # message may be updated with alternatives should any be suggested.
29
30 Or:
31
32 # No xfce-based non-pulseaudio alternative available. Suggested
33 # non-xfce alternatives include <whatever>
34
35
36 Meanwhile, at a minimum, usage of alsamixer in a terminal window
37 might be suggested. Something like:
38
39 # In the absence of other alternatives the ncurses-based alsamixer
40 # from media-sound/alsa-utils may be used in a terminal window.
41
42 I'm on kde here, but sometimes use alsamixer if kmix isn't working
43 (I'm on live-git-kde after all) or is "working" but I'm not getting
44 the expected results or I simply want a different visual presentation.
45
46 --
47 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
48 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
49 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman

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[gentoo-dev] Re: Last rites: xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>