DU: linux-sound-base will be removed

[HarzG]

linux-sound-base: base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems

[devil]

Das macht nichts, ist jetzt in alsa-base mit drin.

greetz
devil

[HarzG]

... ich musste danach aber den alsamixer nochmals konfigurieren weil es recht still in der Wiedergabe aller Player (Pragha, DeaDBeeF, VLC) wurde trotz Volumen=max am Knopf.
Nachdem ich viele Optionen im alasmixer (terminal) einfach auf max-grün gesetzt hatte, war alles in Ordnung. Pfeil nach oben (1. ist Master, Niveau bis zur letzten grünen Marke), danach Pfeil nach rechts zur nächsten Option Headphone, PCM etc.

If anybody has a problem with the soundlevel you hear from your speakers/headphones, use alsamixer in the terminal and reconfigure the levels. Go up with the "arrow up"-key to the "max green" level and do it also with the other levels if you need them. The right arrow key will go to the next option (Headphone, PCM etc.).

[dibl]

I ran d-u this morning and let linux-sound-base go.  I find no issues with sound or music players.

[DeepDayze]

So is it really OK for linux-sound-base to be removed?

Edit: bug report #662038 here indicates this package to be removed as it is obsolete:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=662038

[dibl]

KDE is fine without it.  I've run bangarang, xine player, flash, and skype today -- zero issues with audio.  I can't testify regarding the other DEs.

[craigevil]

# apt-get install alsa-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
 alsa-oss
The following packages will be REMOVED:
 alsa-utils linux-sound-base
The following packages will be upgraded:
 alsa-base
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 60.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,511 kB disk space will be freed.


alsa-utils is the package that has amixer and alsamixer
went ahead and said yes, no problems with sound.

[jacmoe]

No problems here.
I think that this package provided something which alsa (and others) provide themselves now, after the upgrade.