On Tue, 2021-07-13 at 13:38 +0100, Marek Szuba wrote: > Signed-off-by: Marek Szuba <[email protected]> > --- > ...2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects.en.txt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 > 2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects.en.txt > > diff --git > a/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects.en.txt > > b/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects.en.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..70d1899 > --- /dev/null > +++ > b/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects/2021-07-16-pulseeffects-easyeffects.en.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ > +Title: PulseEffects-5+ are now media-sound/easyeffects > +Author: Marek Szuba <[email protected]> > +Posted: 2021-07-16 > +Revision: 1 > +News-Item-Format: 2.0 > +Display-If-Installed: >=media-sound/pulseeffects-5.0.0 > + > +Since version 5.0.0, media-sound/pulseeffects have explicitly required > +media-video/pipewire rather than just a PulseAudio client (i.e. either > +PipeWire or plain media-sound/pulseaudio). Following up on this change, > +upstream has decided to rename the project to EasyEffects starting with > +version 6.0.0. > + > +Gentoo will follow the upstream renaming but in a slightly different > +fashion: > + - versions older than 5.0.0, i.e. ones not depending on > + media-video/pipewire, will continue to use the name > + media-sound/pulseeffects; > + - versions: 5.0.0 and newer, i.e. all requiring media-video/pipewire, > + will be available as media-sound/easyeffects. > + > +media-sound/easyeffects is already available in the tree, and the > +remaining PipeWire-dependent ebuilds of media-sound/pulseeffects will
s/ebuilds/versions/. > +be removed in 7 days. > Probably better to use an explicit date here. '7 days' sounds relative to 'now'. > Therefore, PipeWire users of > +media-sound/pulseeffects should switch to the new package by > +deselecting the old one and installing the new one, e.g. > + > +emerge --deselect media-sound/pulseeffects > +emerge media-sound/easyeffects > + > +No action is required of media-sound/pulseeffects users who either use > +PulseAudio exclusively or wish to retain the ability to use this > +package with both PulseAudio and PipeWire. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
