Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Romain Beauxis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Package name : oss4 Version : 4.0 Upstream Author : 4Front Technologies * URL : http://www.4front-tech.com/developer/sources/stable/gpl/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: C Description : Next generation of the open sound system OSS4 is the branch of the original open source system that became temporary closed source some times ago. This is now over, and the code is GPLed for linux systems. Many developers claim that OSS4 is now far supperior to ALSA in many domains, in particular documentation and API. I personally tend to agree with them, and since the code is GPL, I don't see any reasons why we shouldn't provide this alternatives to our users. I was not able to find a similar ITP or packaging effort, so I hope this is not redundant. I'll be, of course, accepting other interested packagers for this package. For more details, you can read this blog post: http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2007/05/sorry-state-of-sound-in-linux.html and: http://4front-tech.com/hannublog/?p=5 Of course, they may be biased, but that doesn't mean we can't provide these drivers and let the user choose. Romain -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
