On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 01:26:32PM -0800, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Ludovic Courtès writes: > > > Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> skribis: > > > >> I guess the factors are: > >> 1) Does GuixSD have a default audio setup that we should target? If > >> GuixSD uses PulseAudio, then I think it would be good for eSpeak to be > >> integrated into that sytem. > >> 2) Does this package, which launches PulseAudio, work for anyone on a > >> foreign distro? > > > > It’s not written anywhere, but I think most of our audio packages target > > PulseAudio (that’s what I use on GuixSD.) I’m in favor of consistently > > using it, and it would probably be best to write it down in the manual. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Ludo’. > > I'd really like it if we just agreed that in general, yeah, we want > Pulseaudio support. I used to spend all sorts of time fighting my audio > setup, being careful on what application opened first so I could be sure > which one grabbed control of Alsa. I hadn't had this problem in a few > years, and it was so nice not to worry about it, but on Guix I've had > some times where I have again... eg playing audio/video in Icecat > seems not to use it for whatever reason, and it's a bummer, because then > I have to be careful about when I start rhythmbox or whatever. > > I'd love to mostly not worry/think about audio issues again!
Heh, that's why I uninstall PulseAudio every time a Debian upgrade brings it in ;) All kidding aside, I'm happy to push this with PulseAudio support, *if* a GuixSD user can confirm that it works. I don't have sound on my GuixSD installation.