Michał Górny posted on Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:25:54 +0200 as excerpted: > # Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> (28 Aug 2017) > # Alike xfce4-mixer, relies on gstreamer:0.10 (gstreamer:1.0 removed > # mixer wrappers). Last commit upstream in 2014. PulseAudio users > # can switch to xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin > # or xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed-pulse. > # Removal in 30 days. Bug #629212. > xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed
OK, you singled out pulseaudio users when you mentioned an alternative. What about non-pulseaudio users? Seems to me that message could be made better for them regardless of whether there's a non-pulseaudio alternative or not. If so, listing it/them would of course be useful. If there's no non-pulseaudio alternative, I'd suggest explaining why, something like this, depending on the reason: # Xfce now requires pulseaudio so there's no non-pulseaudio alternative # other than switching away from xfce on upgrade. Sorry. Or: # No xfce/gtk-based non-pulseaudio alternative known. This masking # message may be updated with alternatives should any be suggested. Or: # No xfce-based non-pulseaudio alternative available. Suggested # non-xfce alternatives include <whatever> Meanwhile, at a minimum, usage of alsamixer in a terminal window might be suggested. Something like: # In the absence of other alternatives the ncurses-based alsamixer # from media-sound/alsa-utils may be used in a terminal window. I'm on kde here, but sometimes use alsamixer if kmix isn't working (I'm on live-git-kde after all) or is "working" but I'm not getting the expected results or I simply want a different visual presentation. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
