On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 06:06:48PM -0400, Luis M wrote: > On 9/14/05, Chipzz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You forget that ALSA is Linux-only. Debian also runs on a freebsd kernel > > and on the Hurd (freebsd only does OSS AFAIK, and I don't even know what > > the Hurd has for audio, even if it *has* audio at all). > > > IMHO, i don't think this is a valid point. FreeBSD people who run debian > would know how to turn GStreamer back to ossink from Gnome. FreeBSD is used > by a small niche of geeks. Linux (all distros) and especially Debian, is > used by all sorts of people. So, making things easier for the un-initiated > while allowing the power users to always switch back is the Right Thing To > Do (tm).
Also, you can evidently turn the dependencies to be on oss on *bsd, and on alsa on linux kernels. check the exact syntax, but this has been done before. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
