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Hi Ralf,

On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:38:26 +0200, Ralf Jung <p...@ralfj.de> wrote:
> > Sorry for the lack of updates...
> don't worry, we're all doing this as a hobby ;-)

Indeed!

> > There's now a version of oss-compat in testing and unstable which 
> > removes its modprobe.d configuration file on removal (and not just
> > on purge), and unloads the corresponding modules if possible. In
> > most cases users switching from that version of oss-compat to osspd
> > should have everything "just work", and the blacklists on osspd's
> > side should have the desired effect.
> So you say I should still add the blacklist? I ask because seemingly, it
> has no effect at all. I don't see a good reason to install something
> that doesn't do anything.

It would avoid the modules being auto-loaded for whatever reason... Since
they're not aliases for anything in the kernel, it will only help people with
old configuration files, but it's better than nothing!

> > Regarding your question about splitting the osspd package into two 
> > backends, the split doesn't seem worth it to me, but you could
> > still use alternatives within a single package to choose the
> > appropriate backend.
> The split is already done, it should allow you to use the Alsa backend
> without installing PA, while the PA backend Requires: PA (because it
> won't work without it).
> If you want to try, you can get the package source at
> <http://www.ralfj.de/git/osspd.git>

Great! Unfortunately I get

% git clone http://www.ralfj.de/git/osspd.git 
Cloning into 'osspd'...
fatal: http://www.ralfj.de/git/osspd.git/info/refs not valid: is this a git
repository?

when I try to clone the repo.

Regards,

Stephen
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