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

[Daniel T Chen]

Note that the upstream release notes for the new minor version do not
reflect the apparent gravity of the pulse fixes, namely this new version
is critical for usable mplayer and wine among others. Without the
pieces, both apps will hang, which is an extremely poor user experience.

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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.