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[Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Also affects: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)

** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu)

** No longer affects: firefox (Ubuntu Xenial)

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1710993

Title:
  PulseAudio requirement breaks Firefox on ALSA-only systems after
  55.0.1 update

Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in lubuntu-meta source package in Xenial:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  Users of Lubuntu 16.04 LTS are left with no sound in the default web
  browser, Firefox. This is a regression. For users with no knowledge of
  what PulseAudio even is (and even for people who *do* know what it
  is), this is not good.

  [Test Case]

   1. Go to a website that plays sound in Firefox on Lubuntu 16.04.
  This, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QfHhFlTUN8

  Expected: Sound should play without having to install any additional
  software.

  Result: No sound is played, and the user is given a message that they
  need to install PulseAudio.

  [Regression Potential]

  People might get mad that PulseAudio is now installed, without them
  asking (but it adds functionality, so in my opinion this update is
  needed, regardless). I see no technical regression potential, as it is
  simply adding a dependency.

  [Original Description]

  I am on Lubuntu, an ALSA-only system, after update Firefox to version
  55.0.1 it started to ask for PulseAudio when playing media.

  Reference: https://i.imgur.com/5gEnaYv.png

  I have initially stated the bug here: https://askubuntu.com/q/946568
  This bug also happened with Firefox 52 and were fixed on 52.0.2, it seems it have had returned: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1671273

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