[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 273558] Re: /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 missing from Intrepid

[nullack]

Akos to accurately descripe what X-Plane people say:

1. When I contacted Austin Meyer about this, he declared that "I did not know how busy he is"
2. He said he did'nt care if the bug I reported to him existed or not, since his Linux support guy falsely claimed there was no problem and he didnt want to spend the time to figure out who was right
3. He said he had far more important things to do than support Ubuntu

I have since received no emails about other bugs I have reported.

By contrast, the open source flight sim project has been a wonderful
partner and has actively engaged on quality issues with running their
app on Ubuntu.

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/usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 missing from Intrepid
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Status in “openal-soft” source package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Binary package hint: libopenal1
Version: 1:1.3.253-4ubuntu1

The libopenal1 binary package in Intrepid replaces the old libopenal0a binary package from Hardy, Gutsy etc. libopenal0a created /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0, but the new libopenal1 package does not (it creates /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1 instead).

This breaks some third-party binaries, eg X-Plane (http://www.x-plane.com/).

Suggested fix:
The libopenal1 binary package should create a symbolic link from /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 to /usr/lib/libopenal.so.1

Alternative fix:
Retain the old libopenal0a binary package in Intrepid, in addition to the new libopenal1 binary package. And change the libopenal1 package so that it does not replace libopenal0 or libopenal0a.