Because if a user is not running in a GNOME session, there is no other way to specify a custom audio sink to pidgin. If you guys removed the gconf code completely I would certainly remove the patch. But according to the playbin docs, it only tries autoaudiosink, not gconfaudiosink.
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 15:31 -0500, Richard Laager wrote: > Package: pidgin > > This is regarding this patch in the Debian package: > debian/patches/03_gconf-gstreamer.patch > > Can you explain why this patch exists in Debian? > > Currently, Pidgin upstream looks to create a gconfaudiosink under GNOME. > If that fails or when not running GNOME, it tries to create an > autoaudiosink. Pidgin in Debian (and Ubuntu) uses gconfaudiosink right > away. A patch [0] has been submitted upstream to eliminate all this > behavior and let playbin do the work for us. I'm looking to determine > which is correct and do the same thing everywhere if possible. > > Thanks, > Richard > > [0] > http://developer.pidgin.im/attachment/ticket/5770/0002-Use-real-automatic-method-of-GStreamer-s-playbin.patch > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
