Re: Request to include xfce4-alsamixer to xfce

Andrzej <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:02:45 +0100
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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
>
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<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 &lt;stuff@decentral=2Ech&gt; 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>
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