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FS#53200 - Firefox 52 requires pulse audio for audio output

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matthew Treinish (mtreinish) - Tuesday, 07 March 2017, 15:32 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Tuesday, 07 March 2017, 15:40 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: New in the firefox 52 release is a requirement to use pulseaudio for any audio output. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247056 (I couldn't find any mention of it in the release notes though) This means for people who do not have pulseaudio installed sound will just stop working when it worked fine in firefox 51. I think at a minimum we should update the package to have an optional requirement on pulseaudio for sound output. (which won't help me because I do not want to install pulseaudio, but it'll at least make it clear)


Additional info:
* firefox-52.0-1


Steps to reproduce: Use firefox 52 and go to a page with sound output while not having pulseaudio installed.
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Tuesday, 07 March 2017, 15:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#53199 

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