Hi, in bugs.gentoo.org/970029 I'm proposing making "pipewire" a global USE flag. It's found in multiple packages commonly present in desktop installations (incl. qtmultimedia, gnome-shell and libsdl[23]) and constitutes a well-defined piece of functionality. Pulseaudio, which serves a similar purpose, already has a global flag and making "pipewire" global as well would put it on equal footing. Moreover, the flag's position in use.desc will put the the option to get rid of the obnoxious daemon and its ecosystem on full display for those who see no point in pipewire (incl. myself). It's often on by default *sigh*.
"pipewire" is currently local in these packages in ::gentoo: app-accessibility/speech-dispatcher app-emulation/qemu dev-libs/weston dev-qt/qtmultimedia games-arcade/osu-lazer games-fps/serioussam gnome-base/gnome-shell gui-apps/waybar gui-apps/wf-recorder gui-wm/gamescope media-gfx/blender media-libs/libsdl2 media-libs/libsdl3 media-libs/openal media-plugins/audacious-plugins media-sound/cava media-sound/deadbeef media-sound/fluidsynth media-sound/mpd media-sound/musescore media-sound/qmmp media-sound/snapcast media-tv/kodi media-video/mpv media-video/obs-studio media-video/qmplay2 net-voip/mumble How do you feel about the idea? Thanks, Roman
