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Re: Help (voodoo, really) needed [Re: failed i386 build of iceweasel 11.0~b1-2]



On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 07:12:10PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Ben Hutchings, le Fri 17 Feb 2012 18:08:59 +0000, a écrit :
> > Getting back to OSS, it should not be built for Linux at all as Linux
> > already has perfectly good sound drivers.
> 
> See the ITP
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483856
> 
> “Many developers claim that OSS4 is now far supperior to ALSA in many
> domains, in particular documentation and API.”
> 
> (not that I agree or disagree with it, just FYI)
 
'Let the user choose' is almost as stupid an idea for drivers as it
is for health insurance.  No-one wants to think about that, they
just want their shit to work.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                              - Albert Camus


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