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[David Henningsson <david.henningsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kate and Ubuntu audio developers,

As reported in bug 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/833645 , users 
who have already upgraded to Oneiric might have problems with PulseAudio 
remembering volumes and other settings between upgrades.

Upstream has made patches for us to try, that should solve this problem. 
Question is whether we should upgrade PulseAudio after beta 1, or 
request a beta freeze exception, what do you think? Note that the 
upcoming upgrade might again destroy stored volume and setting data (due 
to a design flaw in the existing format). That new version will, 
however, provide smooth transition for 11.04 upgraders.

For an average user, this might require a look through of the tabs in 
gnome-volume-control to see that the right input and output devices and 
connectors are selected, and that the set volume is reasonable. So it's 
not such a big deal, but it might be worth to write something in release 
notes if it isn't fixed before beta.

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David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd.
http://launchpad.net/~diwic