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On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 15:18 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: |
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> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:07 PM Alexandru N. Barloiu <axl@××××.ro> |
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> wrote: |
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> > OSS4 is a set of proprietary patches. You would need support in |
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> > kernel, |
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> That's the problem... |
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> > and support at an application level to use it. Not sure if USE=oss |
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> > will |
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> > work with OSS4, but one thing I know for sure is that you would |
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> > need to |
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> > get the patches from 4front technologies. And given that they keep |
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> > moving the license... |
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> I was under the impression that it is open source (contrary to |
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> version |
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> 3)? Wrong? |
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It was gpl. Then they moved it to proprietary. Then they become |
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insignificant and changed it back. For me, that's sign enough that I |
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don't want anything to do with it. |
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> > why would you? |
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> desperation? ALSA is 22 years old, and they couldn't find the time |
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> to |
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> write documentation. It will not happen. When it works, it works. It |
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> works for me re hearing sound, but no joy with my recently bought |
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> micro. Maybe it's something as trivial as a faulty cable, but the |
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> current plague doesn't make it easier to get a replacement to try... |
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> Jorge |
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It might have been invented 22 years ago, but that doesn't mean that it |
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didn't change/improve over that time. |
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What do you mean "no joy with micro"? Maybe it could be easier to fix |
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this than use OSS. |
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