[arch-general] alsa-tools

[Aaron Griffin]

2010/1/25 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 22:50 +0100, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
>> Is there any good reason why alsa-tools is not available
>> from core or extra and only (in bits and pieces) from AUR ?
>>
>> Tools like envy24ctl or hdspmixer are really not an
>> option when you use one of the soundcards they are
>> meant to control. You need them for things to work at
>> all.
>>
>> Any other distros I know would put them in the equivalent
>> of core.
>>
>> Ciao,
>>
> Hi fons, I believe the standard answer is that it'll be taken up if/when
> there's anyone interested in maintaining it?

And, in this case, the answer to "why isn't in the repos already?" is:
because no one has needed it