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> So the *x community should invent yet another audio driver

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> API (in addition to OSS and ALSA-driver). Isn't the

> situation already messy enough?

I do not see the necessarity of creating an other driver API.
But I see the necessarity to have a common audio API which is

based on one of the two existing driver APIs.
> At this moment all Unix vendors (other than official Linux)

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> are already behind OSS. esd works on top of it. artsd works

> on top of it. Jack works on top of it.

All of them also work with ALSA.
> All applications

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> (other than few alsa-* ones) are compatible with it. Even

> significant part of alsa-lib has been ported to work on top

> of OSS (this work started just about a month ago). So is

> there anything that is still missing from OSS?

Some features and the freedom to use it at any time in any

environment.
> The current draft of the OSS 4.0 *) specification is

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> available in http://www.fi.opensound.com/developer . If

> there is something important missing? We can consider

> adding such features in the near future. Comments are higly

> welcome.

Well, somehow ALSA has been developed with reason.
> *) The OSS version included in the Linux kernel as well as

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> ALSA's OSS emulation are based on OSS v3.8 which is almost

> 10 years old. For this reason they lack all the new

> features we have implemented during past years.

10 years is simply a long time.
I understand your point of view, but the train is already

running.
 Best regards
    ce