alsa-utils (1.0.19-1) unstable; urgency=low This upload removes alsaconf and asoundconf, two scripts which could be used to modify certain ALSA parametres, as they caused more problems than provided solutions, were outdated and generally useless. alsaconf was upstream's way to detect sound cards and generate system-wide ALSA configurations. However, this should have been unnecessary for a very long time, with the introduction of udev support and its automatic hardware detection. If this isn't the case for you, it's a bug which should be filed and fixed properly. asoundconf was a tool introduced by Ubuntu which could be used to generate asoundrc files for systems with special needs. The script was not being maintained and was getting buggy, and the Debian and Ubuntu teams have agreed to get rid of it for the next release. Users can use Pulse or similar technologies to configure their preferred sound devices and sinks. -- Jordi Mallach Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:53:02 +0100