Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:26:11 +0100 From: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> To: blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OSS Audio Message-ID: <tvx6-o3x8-wny@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CALM2mEnwZV9MZT9=cSsx5zJOBh9_wcBghohoqY%2BZ4eiD8=icXw@mail.gmail.com> (blubee blubeeme's message of "Mon, 4 Dec 2017 22:00:16 %2B0800") References: <CALM2mEmqHGk2fcZ1CG=Y0bMozdeAmiMxBqoboJrEWZq4b-MFRA@mail.gmail.com> <y3mi-vgpb-wny@FreeBSD.org> <CALM2mEnwZV9MZT9=cSsx5zJOBh9_wcBghohoqY%2BZ4eiD8=icXw@mail.gmail.com>
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blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> blubee blubeeme <gurenchan@gmail.com> 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 >> > 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. Why? Not much of 4Front code is left[1] in FreeBSD implementation and OSSv4 API is already supported. Please, be more specific what exactly you're missing. [1] See https://wiki.freebsd.org/Sound and copyrights under sys/dev/sound
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