Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751197AbVJSR4k (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:56:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751199AbVJSR4k (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:56:40 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:23564 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751197AbVJSR4j (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:56:39 -0400 To: Bill Davidsen Cc: John Richard Moser , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: When is OSS going to go? References: <43553887.4020305@comcast.net> <43556E2E.7090102@tmr.com> From: Nix X-Emacs: the Swiss Army of Editors. Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:56:30 +0100 In-Reply-To: <43556E2E.7090102@tmr.com> (Bill Davidsen's message of "18 Oct 2005 22:50:16 +0100") Message-ID: <87mzl5ie5t.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1226 Lines: 27 On 18 Oct 2005, Bill Davidsen suggested tentatively: > John Richard Moser wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> The Open Sound System has been depricated. . . since. . . when the heck? >> 2.4? Is it ever going to drop off? Are there a few cards in OSS that >> don't work right in ASLA? >> > This has been discussed before, but the major argument is that if > Linux starts dropping functional features there is no longer even a > pretense of this kernel line being stable. The dropping of e.g. devfs has already knocked that idea on the head; functional features are being removed as well as added. (And as ALSA can emulate the useful parts of OSS, when all OSS cards are supported by ALSA, there won't be any function loss anyway.) -- `"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred kilometers away" or "Last body part finally located".' --- James Nicoll - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/