[LAU] Some disturbing news

[Paul Davis]

The Pulse audio API was never intended to be used by applications. They
were supposed to continue using the ALSA API, so that Skype would work with
or without Pulse audio. If Pulse is present, a correctly written ALSA-using
application (mostly) can use it. If Pulse is absent, an ALSA-using app is
happy. By contrast, a Pulse-using app can only work if Pulse is present &
working. I don't know who within the Skype team made this decision, but it
was the wrong decision. Skype could use Pulse just like any other desktop
Linux audio app if they had used ALSA; instead they made it so that Skype
cannot be used on systems without Pulse.

On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 7:41 AM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Also, AFAIK, post-MS Skype was the first and perhaps only Linux
> application to directly use, against the explicit recommendations of its
> creators, the Pulse audio API."
>
> Is that bad? I am actually so happy Pulse audio is used.
>
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