** Changed in: ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Invalid
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installing esound requires removing ubuntu-studio-desktop
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/429311
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Bug marked as invalid. Removing the ubuntustudio-desktop package does
not remove the dependent packages, the desktop remains functional.
The current behavior of removing the meta package when a pulse audio (or
other dependency) package is removed is desirable, as otherwise the
package would be
Finding a solution to that is probably not easy. Do you suggest any of
the following?
1) Pulseaudio-esound-compat and esound in fact can be running side-by-
side (i e, the conflict is invalid)
2) Pulseaudio (or pulseaudio-esound-compat) should not be in the ubuntu-
studio-desktop
3) That
Number 2, for preference.
I don't know of many applications that need esound compatibility in
pulseaudio.
However, there are many people who kill pulseaudio and who need esound
to run alsa applications running in wine. Or to use Audacity, which is a
popular program.
Alsa / esound is critical
Ok, moving your suggestion to ubuntustudio-meta although I'm not sure
they will agree.
Btw, audacity works with pulse (through alsa) in Jaunty.
** Package changed: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) = ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: ubuntustudio-meta (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = New
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I should have made myself clearer. There were two options under #2 --
(A) removing pulseaudio from USD, or (B) just removing pulseaudio-
esound-compat.
I would LOVE #A -- that pulseaudio NOT be automatically part of the
ubuntu-studio-desktop.
I never use pulseaudio, and never will. Not having to
