[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 565071] Re: [lucid] SRU: OpenAL minor version bump

[Martin Pitt]

We have to be cautious here since libopenal1 has quite a few reverse
dependencies. The changelog looks like it would retain full backwards
compatibility with new releases, so I'm fine with getting this uploaded
to -proposed now. But verification should not only include wine, but
also some other rdepends like mplayer, flightgear, blender, and a couple
of other games. So this will probably need a couple of weeks to mature
in -proposed.

** Also affects: openal-soft (Ubuntu Lucid)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: openal-soft (Ubuntu Maverick)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: openal-soft (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: New => In Progress

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[lucid] SRU: OpenAL minor version bump
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/565071
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Status in “openal-soft” package in Ubuntu: New
Status in “openal-soft” source package in Lucid: In Progress
Status in “openal-soft” source package in Maverick: New

Bug description:
OpenAL upstream has released a new minor version that should be fully backwards compatible:  http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html

    * Fixed playback when the PulseAudio buffer is calculated to be more than 64KB.
    * Restored compatibility with some older PulseAudio libs.
    * Alternative buffer sizing for PulseAudio, specified using a new config option.
    * Improved buffer size calculations, to prevent drastic latency changes when certain properties (such as ALC_FREQUENCY) are modified.
    * Added capture support for the PortAudio backend.
    * Support for PortAudio under Windows.
    * Added support for the format extensions AL_EXT_MULAW, AL_EXT_MULAW_MCFORMATS, and AL_EXT_DOUBLE.
    * Support for the new ALC_EXT_thread_local_context extension.
    * Improved library load time by delaying backend device probing until needed.
    * Updated alext.h to provide EFX tokens and function types.
    * Unsupported effects and filters are no longer returned by alGetEnumValue.
    * The Wave File Writer device now creates WAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLE files, to better handle multi-channel and float output.

According to the author, it will be needed for upcoming Wine beta releases.  libopenal1 has a handful of rdepends, and I've tested them using a package for the new release (using a simple uupdate) that works perfectly.  The rdepends do not need a rebuild.