[Bug 2139279] Re: remove alsa-driver from the archive; obsolete
Timo Aaltonen
2139279 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Jan 29 14:25:05 UTC 2026
** Description changed:
alsa-driver package was removed from Debian in 2012, and the newer alsa-
base package in 2017. We should drop the reverse-depends on alsa-base
and remove src:alsa-driver.
-
apt-cache rdepends alsa-base
alsa-base
Reverse Depends:
- linux-sound-base
- xubuntu-desktop-minimal
- xubuntu-desktop
- vanilla-gnome-desktop
- ubuntustudio-desktop-core
- ubuntustudio-desktop
- ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal
- ubuntukylin-desktop
- ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal
- ubuntu-unity-desktop
- ubuntu-mate-desktop
- ubuntu-mate-core
- ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal
- ubuntu-budgie-desktop
- lubuntu-desktop
- kubuntu-desktop
- edubuntu-desktop-minimal
- ubuntu-desktop-minimal
- ubuntu-desktop
+ linux-sound-base
+ xubuntu-desktop-minimal
+ xubuntu-desktop
+ vanilla-gnome-desktop
+ ubuntustudio-desktop-core
+ ubuntustudio-desktop
+ ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal
+ ubuntukylin-desktop
+ ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal
+ ubuntu-unity-desktop
+ ubuntu-mate-desktop
+ ubuntu-mate-core
+ ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal
+ ubuntu-budgie-desktop
+ lubuntu-desktop
+ kubuntu-desktop
+ edubuntu-desktop-minimal
+ ubuntu-desktop-minimal
+ ubuntu-desktop
+
+ but first apport/apport-symptoms needs to be fixed so that audio bugs
+ will be filed against the kernel. After that alsa-base can be dropped
+ from metas and the desktop-common seed.
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Title:
remove alsa-driver from the archive; obsolete
Status in alsa-driver package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in apport-symptoms package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in edubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in kubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in lubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntu-budgie-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntu-gnome-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntu-mate-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntu-unity-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntucinnamon-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntukylin-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in ubuntustudio-meta package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Status in xubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
alsa-driver package was removed from Debian in 2012, and the newer
alsa-base package in 2017. We should drop the reverse-depends on alsa-
base and remove src:alsa-driver.
apt-cache rdepends alsa-base
alsa-base
Reverse Depends:
linux-sound-base
xubuntu-desktop-minimal
xubuntu-desktop
vanilla-gnome-desktop
ubuntustudio-desktop-core
ubuntustudio-desktop
ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal
ubuntukylin-desktop
ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal
ubuntu-unity-desktop
ubuntu-mate-desktop
ubuntu-mate-core
ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal
ubuntu-budgie-desktop
lubuntu-desktop
kubuntu-desktop
edubuntu-desktop-minimal
ubuntu-desktop-minimal
ubuntu-desktop
but first apport/apport-symptoms needs to be fixed so that audio bugs
will be filed against the kernel. After that alsa-base can be dropped
from metas and the desktop-common seed.
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