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[Derek O'Connell <doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: 	Re: Source for vm-sound-pulse for Scratch
Date: 	Mon, 16 May 2011 23:01:21 +0100
From: 	Derek O'Connell <doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 	Amos Blanton <amos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Hi Amos,

Doing well thanks, hope you are too.

I don't think the Squeak version of the plug-in was broken, possibly a
change in PA itself broke things. I typically email source with the
binaries but I'll check it out tomorrow and get back to you asap.

-D


On 16/05/11 20:42, Amos Blanton wrote:
>  Greetings Derek -
>
>  Hope you are doing well!
>  We're making some updates for the Scratch for Linux package.
>  We'd like to start depending on the Squeak-vm that is now available in the
>  Ubuntu Natty repositories:
>
>  http://packages.ubuntu.com/ca/natty/squeak-vm
>
>  <http://packages.ubuntu.com/ca/natty/squeak-vm>But in our initial test, the
>  pulse audio plugin that ships with it does not work with Scratch.  You sent
>  us a binary that does seem to work quite well, and also some source. We're
>  not certain if the last source you checked in to our repository, here:
>
>  http://my-trac.assembla.com/scratchonlinux/browser/trunk/scratch/src/plugins/vm-sound-pulse
>
>  <http://my-trac.assembla.com/scratchonlinux/browser/trunk/scratch/src/plugins/vm-sound-pulse>...was
>  the source that was used to build the working binary that currently ships
>  with the Scratch package:
>
>  http://my-trac.assembla.com/scratchonlinux/log/trunk/scratch/Plugins/vm-sound-pulse
>
>  (We just ship the binary -- our packaging process doesn't compile the source
>  for the pulse-plugin even though we have source.)
>
>  Can you confirm that the binary you sent us was made from this source? Or
>  can you send us a copy of the final working code? Sayamindu Dasgupta, who
>  joined our research group last year, will look into this to see about
>  submitting a patch to the VM for the pulse plugin.  And in the meantime,
>  we'll try to figure out some way of getting Squeak to use our working plugin
>  instead of the broken one that the Squeak-VM ships with (any ideas?)
>
>  Thanks!
>  Amos