[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#500509: alsa-utils: /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf should be moved to /etc

[Antoine Beaupré]

Package: libasound2-data
Version: 1.0.28-1
Followup-For: Bug #500509

This is still a problem. While /etc/alsa.conf may not make sense
because it is a "default configuration", now stuff like pulseaudio
jumped into the fray and now configures pulseaudio automaticall to
fire up whenever you talk to alsa, through
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/*.conf files.

If i want pulseaudio installed, but want to turn that freaking thing
off, it's basically impossible because the changes will be overwritten
on upgrade. Similarly, it's impossible to change the default alsa
config that way.

Config files belong to /etc, i believe this is a pretty clear Policy
we have, no?

The problem with the current approach is discoverability - until i
found out about the Debian wiki article describing the way PA was
overriding ALSA, i had *no* idea there was a ALSA configuration
directory, because there was nothing in /etc/alsa*

thanks for reconsidering

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