From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Dec 4 14:00:18 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C8CDDFD844 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2017 14:00:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x234.google.com (mail-it0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 342D3697F7; Mon, 4 Dec 2017 14:00:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gurenchan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x234.google.com with SMTP id b5so12906293itc.3; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 06:00:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=UsD2t5HZI6sE/9IL55lQVN0y6h8LGgk3aGEKGgIYFKw=; b=pYwtGxvHXBHqO5TUkLqQUzklLiNOtBxxpiIJlFr6dz65BNGEoL0H2gzaESfLm0XZsT RRn1K9Dvajw1SysRlUwS1qGIeN5NyIsJg3Eahe58Md0Ighy6+2bfrI07IIbX83rrB9k3 c8/EizuOJVoHOX2mzGGpI5kqphV2XwAghEdYVXTUabYvHoVXyKqTWICdYgRbFf038V3m /7OTVZncCakkMMvooeYEBcJBK4sCz/DvjPOwsfNmTvWY1zm8jJIdKeC7qkL/FD7nTjys wSiohz2TpU7AJnPtDQSGMjkjtE/OTwM8kW+1VSZKl9Men7gw4qQSVQVTnGW4aqwKZvZs XeZg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=UsD2t5HZI6sE/9IL55lQVN0y6h8LGgk3aGEKGgIYFKw=; b=es7hNW4/6NkOxcy18yL8oH8WDDb0zrHFCzNFqbF1m70MS+kzkaL59NFv6Gh1b92+HI k0BqY71N5JXM7KRNxOB5BrQGkUVQBIFa+Zg6ZP3tw3PnFY4kvtQv4oGcjfPZDg3M3na4 RxHLTHtSrKB6w2HixXRTpishHYktPxPfLKYNScqEWhFWozCYDBxwyf31Hfl9eU9mcpCL L9pbdxyX06E36Z1irwsqu1wgfa30U3OQ6zI7z90IZguFWGUVdwm2cUJl+PZAh6x7vczg nxDwLcFPec84Xu3SnSvT7veIY9zGIn9GxDHYa7u1EEPXY/jKkRFMVIYc3C+xVceZJJmk srAQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mJW7ZzhLxCmVZkjnQ7dFLHre7d5FM8tu0kURQmDmAtgNbvBMk66 jCwWD+HUQO/k7kGdeMLkSn1QIktDAmG666s+U+VZEA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZq2tVPM/5Nyvs2i4kkJOGJK9lgGfPBIbOYg6VG1rWPbvinsx6cfVab6FIwz6CxjN2WOmKc2D1jlaM+nPC7eGE= X-Received: by 10.36.221.147 with SMTP id t141mr13118641itf.140.1512396017064; Mon, 04 Dec 2017 06:00:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.11.31 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Dec 2017 06:00:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: blubee blubeeme Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 22:00:16 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: OSS Audio To: Jan Beich Cc: FreeBSD Ports Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:00:18 -0000 Thanks for the heads up, I am still learning my way around so I might ask questions that don't seem to make sense sometimes. Since there is no maintainer and the FreeBSD OSS is a fork [I'd assume] of an earlier version, wouldn't it be wise to port over the new OSS 4.xx since this page: http://manuals.opensound.com/developer/ossapi.html lists a lot of benefits for the new 4.xx version. On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jan Beich wrote: > blubee blubeeme writes: > > > I'm looking at the information for audio/oss and it seems that the source > > used is different than the 4frontversion. > > > > ----- > > > > This port uses installation procedure that is very different from > > the one used by 4Front and is not supported by them. > > > > ----- > > > > The port also seems to lack a maintainer but a lot of work is being > > committed by jbeich@FreeBSD.org, mat@FreeBSD.org and a few others. > > Well, you've answered your own question. There's no maintainer to check > which downstream differences still make sense. > > What is better maintained[1] and supported is FreeBSD fork of OSS - > sound(4). > See OSSv4 compatibility in https://people.freebsd.org/~ > ariff/SOUND_4.TXT.html > Not sure why those bits haven't migrated into the manpage. > > [1] 4Front vs. FreeBSD commit activity: > https://sourceforge.net/p/opensound/git/ci/master/log/ > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/dev/sound/?view=log >