Re: Request to include xfce4-alsamixer to xfce
Andrzej <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:02:45 +0100
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--===============5911993575421870767== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=----5FW7QB2AV658M6A4W0FIALTES3O7ZA Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------5FW7QB2AV658M6A4W0FIALTES3O7ZA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Tim, There are two aspects to your request: - Bringing a piece of software and a maintainer into the Xfce project=2E T= he main concern here is your skills and commitment=2E Talk to the team, may= be engage in smaller tasks etc=2E - Suitability of xfce4-alsamixer - definitely=2E IMHO we should have a mix= er that doesn't require a sound server=2E There was/is xfce4-mixer but I do= n't know which of these projects is a better starting point=2E Some time ag= o we (I, in fact) have moved to pulseaudio but it was a purely pragmatic ch= oice, Gstreamer's mixer API was gone with no alternatives in sight and I wa= nted an easy fix that would give the most people a working mixer=2E Definit= ely not against ALSA or other solutions=2E=20 Thanks,=20 Andrzej=20 On 12 June 2024 23:58:20 BST, Tim Tassonis <stuff@decentral=2Ech> wrote: >Hi all > >I don't know if this is the right place for this, but two years ago, Serg= ios Anestis Kefalidis has written an xfce4 alsamixer gui (based on gtk-alsa= mixer), to provide a gui for people (like me) that don't use pulseaudio on = their desktop, but plain alsa=2E > >I have since used it on my xfce desktops with latest alsa and xfce4 witho= ut any problems and wanted to ask if it could be included to the "official"= xfce repos=2E > >I can well further maintain it myself, but I thought that there might be = other xfce4 users that don't use pulseaudio, and the program is really usef= ul for all those=2E > >The repo currently resides at: > > >https://github=2Ecom/SKefalidis/xfce4-alsamixer > >If it would be included, I would take on maintainership, because I doubt = Sergios is all that interested in it, I already have a xfce gitlab account,= at: > >https://gitlab=2Exfce=2Eorg/timtas > >Bye >Tim > >--=20 >decentral=2Ech - IT Stuff >Tim Tassonis >Hohlstrasse 400 >c/o Baub=C3=BCro Insitu >8048 Z=C3=BCrich > >stuff@decentral=2Ech >+41 79 229 36 17 >_______________________________________________ >Xfce4-dev mailing list >Xfce4-dev@xfce=2Eorg >https://mail=2Exfce=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev ------5FW7QB2AV658M6A4W0FIALTES3O7ZA Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">Hi Tim,<br><br>There are two asp= ects to your request:<br>- Bringing a piece of software and a maintainer in= to the Xfce project=2E The main concern here is your skills and commitment= =2E Talk to the team, maybe engage in smaller tasks etc=2E<br>- Suitability= of xfce4-alsamixer - definitely=2E IMHO we should have a mixer that doesn'= t require a sound server=2E There was/is xfce4-mixer but I don't know which= of these projects is a better starting point=2E Some time ago we (I, in fa= ct) have moved to pulseaudio but it was a purely pragmatic choice, Gstreame= r's mixer API was gone with no alternatives in sight and I wanted an easy f= ix that would give the most people a working mixer=2E Definitely not agains= t ALSA or other solutions=2E <br><br>Thanks, <br>Andrzej <br></div><br><br>= <div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">On 12 June 2024 23:58:20 BST, = Tim Tassonis <stuff@decentral=2Ech> wrote:</div><blockquote class=3D"= gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid r= gb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre class=3D"k9mail"><div dir=3D"auto">Hi all<br><br>I don't know if this= is the right place for this, but two years ago, Sergios Anestis Kefalidis = has written an xfce4 alsamixer gui (based on gtk-alsamixer), to provide a g= ui for people (like me) that don't use pulseaudio on their desktop, but pla= in alsa=2E<br><br>I have since used it on my xfce desktops with latest alsa= and xfce4 without any problems and wanted to ask if it could be included t= o the "official" xfce repos=2E<br><br>I can well further maintain it myself= , but I thought that there might be other xfce4 users that don't use pulsea= udio, and the program is really useful for all those=2E<br><br>The repo cur= rently resides at:<br><br><br><a href=3D"https://github=2Ecom/SKefalidis/xf= ce4-alsamixer">https://github=2Ecom/SKefalidis/xfce4-alsamixer</a><br><br>I= f it would be included, I would take on maintainership, because I doubt Ser= gios is all that interested in it, I already have a xfce gitlab account, at= :<br><br><a href=3D"https://gitlab=2Exfce=2Eorg/timtas">https://gitlab=2Exf= ce=2Eorg/timtas</a><br><br>Bye<br>Tim<br><br></div></pre></blockquote></div= ></body></html> ------5FW7QB2AV658M6A4W0FIALTES3O7ZA-- --===============5911993575421870767== Content-Type: text/plain; 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