From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 20:31:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F074216A4CE; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:31:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3FB543D41; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:31:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 2402914316; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:31:40 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:31:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Linimon X-X-Sender: linimon@pancho To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" In-Reply-To: <20040821133701.6ecf9f04@dolphin.local.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:00:25 +0000 cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: sound in CURRENT] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:31:41 -0000 On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > I've seen other reports from people who can't even get their sound > chipsets to work at all. And whoever is currently maintaining the sound > code has been *awfully* quiet lately. Feels like a waste of time > reporting anything. To reiterate the totally obvious, there is no "they" on an open-source project like FreeBSD. There's only "us" and "us" are almost entirely volunteers. If the sound code is languishing (and it sounds like it is), you've got access to the same source code and history we all do. If you're dissatisfied with the way "they" are working on it, that's the only way to solve it -- volunteer become one of the "us" and dig in. mcl