Hi Salvatore, Sorry for the delay.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2020, 13:18 Salvatore Bonaccorso <car...@debian.org> wrote: > hi stable release managers, hi Felipe, > > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 09:33:21AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > Package: release.debian.org > > Severity: normal > > Tags: buster > > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > > Usertags: pu > > X-Debbugs-Cc: car...@debian.org,fsate...@debian.org > > > > Hi SRM, hi Felipe > > > > [ Reason ] > > > > pulseaudio's deamon.conf uses the (for that version of upstream) the > > default of yes for flat-volumes. The flat-volumes value enables to > > 'flat' volumes, the sink volume equal the maximum of the volumes of > > the inputs connected to it. But this can cause quite some surprised > > and problems and can hurt ears depending on e.g. headphones values. > > > > So some distributions have changed that already in past > > and upstream did as well in later versions. > > > > In unstable the change was done in the 13.0-3 upload. > > > > [ Impact ] > > > > So far users probably stumpling over the problem have changed away > > form the default in their configuration. > > Any comment on this proposed update? Although I completely see the > point as it is changing a default in stable, I still wonder if we > should do it because it has been switched upstream and was a problem > several times for reporting user. > I don't think this change is in scope for a stable update. While I agree it has been problematic for many users, and that this setting has great relevance, this same impact makes me doubt it is fit for a stable update. This is not a bugfix, it is a change in the default value of a setting. Even if I agree with the new value, I don't think it is the sort of change people expect in a stable update. For the RT: this setting changes the behavior of the volume controls. Current behavior in stable is to move the master volume along with the loudest app volume (which creates the problem of a single app raising your volume to very high levels). Current behavior in unstable is to decouple them: app volume is now relative to the master volume. This is all based on my understanding of how stable should remain stable. I have no technical issue with backporting the setting change. Therefore, if the release team deems the change in setting as appropriate, I won't object (and very much welcome if you could upload it). Saludos
