maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 255994] www/chromium: virtual_oss dependency remove or make optional

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From: <bugzilla-noreply_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 09:45:53 UTC

Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-chromium (Nobody)
<chromium@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback:
Bug 255994: www/chromium: virtual_oss dependency remove or make optional
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=255994



--- Description ---
virtual_oss is not a runtime dependency for chromium. You need to configure it
before using, so it won't help you if it's installed with chromium. And it's
useless with ALSA(alsa-lib supports asound.conf) and PulseAudio, both can
select audio input/output.

Now it forced to be installed even if won't be used. virtual_oss dependency
should be removed or be optional and enabled by default with only SNDIO
backend.