Is PulseAudio dead?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Aug 3 03:36:01 UTC 2010


I wrote:
> s/desktop/GNOME/
> 
> KDE packages are tracking upstream closely and are regularly updated,
> including upstream bugfixes. Plus, we backport or sometimes even develop
> bugfixes of our own.
> 
> To me, this shows that a model where upstream versions are tracked by
> updates is much more viable than attempting (and miserably failing) to
> backport bug fixes only.
> 
> It also shows that KDE SIG actually has more and/or more efficient
> packaging (as opposed to upstream development) manpower than the GNOME
> folks, unlike what has been frequently claimed.

PS: And since PulseAudio is a shared technology also used by other desktops 
than just GNOME, I'd be willing to pick up comaintainership, but then it'd 
very likely be maintained in KDE SIG style, aggressively tracking upstream 
development.

        Kevin Kofler



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