Bug#908349: firefox-esr: no sound after upgrading from 52.9 to 60.2
Hi there
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On 09/09/18 10:08, Marco Lucidi wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 21:41:11 +0200 Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
> wrote:
> > Unfortunately AIUI upstream has stopped supporting ALSA, so we are
stuck
> > with pulseaudio for firefox.
>
> Is there any particular reason for pulseaudio not being listed in the
> dependencies?
> I mean, even if it's not a "core" dependency, I think it should be
> listed in rec or at least in sug.
Apparently there alternatives to pulseaudio. See;
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=639534#p639534
Does anyone know why ALSA is no longer supported? Does Firefox run in a
chroot? How much work would it be to add ALSA support?
Regards,
Rob
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