Re: Polypaudio for Gnome 2.10, the next steps

[Andy Balaam <andybalaam artificialworlds net>]

My summary of the discussion so far is that there seem to be 2 options:

1. Scrap esound and replace it with ALSA + a few bits.

Some people feel this is the way it "ought" to be done.  However, there 
are problems with what appear to be bugs in alsalib, and new code would 
need to be written to deal with sound cards that don't do mixing, and 
remote desktops.

2. Replace esound with polypaudio.

People seem to agree that the work put in by Lennart makes this an 
attractive prospect if gnome is going to have a sound server.

My personal take: option 1 sounds like a longer-term plan, if people 
reach a consensus on it.  One way to help make that decision might be to 
try out polypaudio and see how it works in practice - maybe there won't 
be any itches to scratch when it's in place...

Andy