Hello Roman, I like the idea very much and have thought about it myself for quite some time before.
-- Kind regards fkobi On Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 at 18:12, Roman Žilka <[email protected]> wrote: > ping. It's an easy call, I think. > > -rz > > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM Roman Žilka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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 > >
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