linux-kernel - Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?

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Date:	Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:37:05 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek@...y.mif.pg.gda.pl>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?

Tomasz Kłoczko wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
> [..]
>> Years ago Linux dumped OSS for ALSA because ALSA offered far better
>> functionality and support. Why would we go back to the stone age ?
>>
>> Its something useful to various other platforms with basically no
>> hardware support but Linux has ALSA and very good hardware support and
>> ALSA even has emulation for back compatibility with old OSS apps.
>>
>> Ten years ago it would probably have made a difference, five maybe, today
>> its a release of historical code at best, and since they shipped binary
>> modules for Linux more like 'getting around to complying with the
>> licence' than anything else.
> 
> Sory Alan but I don't want philosophical/historical discuss.
> Try to answer on question "ALSA or OSS ?" using *only* technical arguments.

If you are the one advocating using OSS, it's up to you to explain why 
it's better using technical arguments, which you haven't done. I rather 
doubt it is possible to do so convincingly.

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