VLC 2.0 --enable-oss for Open Sound System

[Mateusz Stachowski]

I'm using PPA for VLC maintained by Nate Muench and I've got the 2.0.0-1
and 2.0.0-3 update, but
unfortunately I can't get audio output right. I'm using OSSv4 (oss v4.2
build 2006) and the older versions of VideoLAN had OSS UNIX option in
the sound output configuration, but in this version there is no such
option. I've checked the git repository of VLC 2.0 and in the commit
titled Update NEWS for 2.0.0 I've found that:

* OSS support is not compiled on Linux by default, pass --enable-oss to
the
configure script if you use OSSv4 or really want to use OSS
emulation.

I've asked Nate about that and he responded that his packaging comes
directly from Debian (the only thing he is changing is the debian/changelog
entry).

I hope that when the VLC 2.0.1 comes out you will pass that flag to
build the OSSv4 support (not everyone likes PulseAudio and ALSA). Thank you
in
advance of the hopefull update and for all the work you are doing.

- Mateusz
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