[RFC] disable OSS sound support

[King InuYasha]

2009/2/18 Lyos Gemini Norezel <lyos.gemininorezel at gmail.com>

>  King InuYasha wrote:
>
> Because, a.out format is just a binary format, which is relatively easy to
> replace, while OSS is something that deals with hardware. In some cases
> (rare as it is), ALSA just doesn't work while OSS _does_ work. A case in
> point, one of my desktops has a VIA board, which breaks horribly in ALSA
> with its integrated audio. However, OSS works fine with it. PulseAudio can
> output to OSS as well as ALSA, right? In cases like this, I usually default
> PulseAudio to the OSS sink instead of the ALSA one. ALSA isn't the end all
> sink solution. If we want to disable it, we need to be certain that
> everything is on par with OSS or better. ALSA just isn't there yet, sorry
> people....
>
>
> What percentage (if any) of Fedora users actually *USE* hardware that
> requires such archaic code?
>
> This same blasted discussion (obsolete or not?) seems to come up every damn
> year... and it's getting really fucking old.
>
> If we must lose 5% to keep the other 95%... I say drop the 5% like hot
> potatoes.
>
> What's the point in carrying legacy cruft that should have died before
> 64bit came out?
>
> What's the point in carrying code for machines only the biggest of geeks
> even bother to look at?
>
> I can, somewhat, understand still supporting Pentium 3 (and up) era
> machines... but, quite frankly, anyone who still uses older machines (older
> than P3)
> is either ancient themselves... or in the group of insane geeks (of whom,
> btw,* I am a member*) who, most likely, know how to support their old
> crap.
>
> There are plenty of other distros out there whose GOAL it is to support
> such archaic machines... but a distro with the stated GOAL of providing a
> testbed for the latest and greatest software (and/or being a center of
> development)... should not even *ATTEMPT *to carry such cruft.
>
> You people are utter fools to think you can support both.
>
> Lyos Gemini Norezel
>
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Then get rid of it if you are so angry about it, sheesh. I already conceded
the point.
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