[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#833950: Bug#833950: libasound2: brltty-espeak stops working with 1.1.2-1

[Samuel Thibault]

Luke Yelavich, on Fri 12 Aug 2016 08:04:56 +1000, wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 03:40:03AM AEST, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > Control: tags +1 pending
> > 
> > * Sebastian Humenda <shumenda at gmx.de> [2016-08-10 20:30 +0200]:
> > 
> > > Package: libasound2
> > > Version: 1.1.2
> > > Severity: serious
> > > Tags: patch
> > > Justification: breaks system for blind users [RC, stretch]
> > > 
> > > After an upgrade to the specified version, BRLTTY starts up with speech working
> > > (brltty-espeak is using libao -> libasoun2), but speech stops working after
> > > roughly a minute. The BRLTTY process is still running, but speech cannot be
> > > brought back, only a restart of BRLTTY fixes this issue. All other playback of
> > > sound using ALSA works fine. Since it is not related to any changes in BRLTTY
> > > (tried several stable versions), the issue must be in libasound2. The provided
> > > patch fixes the issue reliably for me.
> > 
> > Thanks for the patch.
> > 
> > Jordi, could you please upload?
> 
> Has anybody sent this upstream?

I have sent a mail to alsa-devel but it doesn't seem to have been
moderated yet.

Samuel