On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:43:00PM +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Portroach tells me that a newer version of aumix is available, which > has reminded me that I'd really prefer to remove the port. aumix > uses libossaudio to provide mixer controls. It is tied intimately > to the OSS mixer model (a small number of all-alike numerical > controls, range 0-100, no ratcheting); attempting to support OpenBSD's > native mixer controls would require a complete rewrite that nobody > has volunteered for in ten-plus years, and its usefulness through > the ossaudio emulation layer approaches zero. > > I have a vague memory that I wanted to remove it in the past and > there was some resistance, but please, can we just kill it? > > There are some other candidates that should be put to sleep likewise > (xmix and xmmix immediately pop out), but aumix is one I'm listed > as maintainer of. :-> >
OK to remove aumix. BTW, none of the libossaudio-based mixers work on my machine, not even to control the "master" level.