Re: (Partial) GNOME 3 status update

[Lennart Poettering <mztabzr 0pointer de>]

On Wed, 15.07.09 12:00, Patryk Zawadzki (patrys pld-linux org) wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Brian Cameron<Brian Cameron sun com> wrote:
> > Solaris continues to use gst-mixer since Solaris does not yet provide
> > PulseAudio.  PulseAudio doesn't provide as much value on Solaris since
> > OSSv4 provides mixing functionalities directly in the OSS layer.
> 
> Would introducing PA have any downsides? Having a common abstraction
> layer for sound would likely make it easier to develop portable apps.

Choosing PA because it can be used as an abstraction layer is choosing
it for the wrong reasons.

Lennart

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