On 2017-03-11 11:05, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 09/03/17 04:33, golinux@??? wrote:
>> This is a follow up to this old thread:
>> https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20161002.124357.7c39d049.en.html
>
> There are lots of problems with Firefox, it seems that they actually
> hate their users; but I am still a user today.... add-ons are being
> destroyed, developer after developer keeps on throwing in the towel.
>
> Anyway, I read this post [1], it suggests using apulse to work around
> this issue -- can we have apulse with Devuan? It might be the answer,
> for FF, it appears to be PA, but underneath, we can still use ALSA.
>
> [1]
> http://fossforce.com/2017/03/webassembly-comes-firefox/#comment-21054
>
> Kind Regards
> AndrewM
>
> _______________________________________________

Thanks for posting that link!

apulse was first suggested on this list as a replacement back in 2014
but nobody ever took on the task of making it happen:

https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20141224.171326.c71551af.en.html

Maybe now that FF has jumped the shark, there will be some action on
this front. I have no doubt that many of us would appreciate a FF
apulse-compatible version in the devuan repos to keep FF on life-support
as we transition to other browser options.

golinux