maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 278521] www/chromium: Change default audio output to PULSEAUDIO to make chromium to play nice with desktop environments

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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:20:45 UTC
Bugzilla Automation <bugzilla@FreeBSD.org> has asked freebsd-chromium (Nobody)
<chromium@FreeBSD.org> for maintainer-feedback:
Bug 278521: www/chromium: Change default audio output to PULSEAUDIO to make
chromium to play nice with desktop environments
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=278521



--- Description ---
Nowadays it is a common expectation that when a new audio device is connected,
like headset, the audio IO is switched to go through this new device.

This is typically done in desktop environments using PulseAudio - audio is
routed to the new device automatically, in a centralized fashion.

This is how it works in Firefox, but it currently doesn't work in Chromium.

I am suggesting to make PulseAudio default, since most users run Chromium in
desktop environments and users would benefit from it behaving nicely.