Bug#857184: firefox: Please compile firefox with "ac_add_options --enable-alsa"

[jim_p]

Package: firefox
Version: 52.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

Firefox 52 dropped support for alsa, supporting only pulseaudio fron now on, so
when it plays some audio, you get this message

https://postimg.org/image/vi4k71tor/

and no audio is heard.

For users that do not have, or do not want to install pulseaudio, the parameter
--enable-alsa makes firefox use good old alsa for audio. Can you please compile
firefox with that option enabled?



-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: Application Update Service Helper
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/aushelper at mozilla.org.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Classic Theme Restorer
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/ClassicThemeRestorer at ArisT2Noia4dev.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Click to Play per-element
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/ClickToPlayPerElement at uaSad.addons.mozilla.org.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Default theme
Location: /usr/lib/firefox/browser/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}.xpi
Package: firefox
Status: enabled

Name: Multi-process staged rollout
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/e10srollout at mozilla.org.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Pocket
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/firefox at getpocket.com.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: uBlock Origin
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/uBlock0 at raymondhill.net.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Video DownloadHelper
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/{b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Web Compat
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/webcompat at mozilla.org.xpi
Status: enabled

-- Plugins information
Name: Shockwave Flash (24.0.0.221)
Location: /usr/lib/flashplayer-mozilla/libflashplayer.so
Package: flashplayer-mozilla
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  firefox        52.0-1       amd64        Mozilla Firefox web browser
ii  flashplayer-mo 3:24.0.0.221 amd64        Adobe Flash Player

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages firefox depends on:
ii  debianutils               4.8.1
ii  fontconfig                2.11.0-6.7+b1
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.22.0-1
ii  libc6                     2.24-9
ii  libcairo-gobject2         1.14.8-1
ii  libcairo2                 1.14.8-1
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.10.16-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.108-2
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.21-stable-3
ii  libffi6                   3.2.1-6
ii  libfontconfig1            2.11.0-6.7+b1
ii  libfreetype6              1:2.6.3-infinality5
ii  libgcc1                   1:6.3.0-6
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.36.5-2
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.50.3-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                3.22.8-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.31-2
ii  libhunspell-1.4-0         1.4.1-2+b2
ii  libpango-1.0-0            1.40.3-3
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.16.2-2
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-4
ii  libstdc++6                6.3.0-6
ii  libvpx4                   1.6.1-2
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.4-3
ii  libx11-xcb1               2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxcb-shm0               1.12-1
ii  libxcb1                   1.12-1
ii  libxcomposite1            1:0.4.4-2
ii  libxdamage1               1:1.1.4-2+b1
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxfixes3                1:5.0.3-1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.10-1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.5-1
ii  procps                    2:3.3.12-3
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-5

firefox recommends no packages.

Versions of packages firefox suggests:
pn  fonts-lmodern          <none>
pn  fonts-stix | otf-stix  <none>
ii  libcanberra0           0.30-3
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.15-1
pn  mozplugger             <none>

-- no debconf information
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