[arch-general] Is there a clean solution to get completely rid of Pulseaudio?

[Ralf Madorf]

On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 11:13 +0100, Heiko Baums wrote:
> Am Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:53:56 +0100
> schrieb Ralf Madorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>:
> 
> > I know this command, but this won't solve the issue, that PA on Arch
> > Linux is a dependency for software that don't need PA.
> > I want a clean solution.
> 
> Run pacman -Qi pulseaudio to see what package(s) forces you to install
> PA.

I run this before I posted my request [1]. I also know that I can
compile gnome-settings-daemon, see the links of my first mail.
But at another time, when I e.g. install GNOME, then other packages will
install PA.
GNOME doesn't need PA, if you use it the way I will use all DEs, since
I'll use jack, no desktop sound, no Skype etc., just pro and consumer
multimedia apps, flashplayer.
There hopefully is a way to fake that PA is installed.

- Ralf

[1]
# pacman -Qi pulseaudio
Name           : pulseaudio
Version        : 1.1-1
URL            : http://pulseaudio.org/
Licenses       : GPL  LGPL
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : libpulse=1.1-1  rtkit  libtool  speex  tdb  udev  fftw
orc  libsamplerate
Optional Deps  : avahi: zeroconf support
                 bluez: bluetooth support
                 gconf: configuration through gconf (paprefs)
                 jack: jack support
                 lirc-utils: infra-red support
                 openssl: RAOP support
                 python2-pyqt: Equalizer GUI (qpaeq)
Required By    : gnome-settings-daemon  pulseaudio-alsa
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 5456.00 K
Packager       : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
<jan.steffens at gmail.com>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Thu 20 Oct 2011 05:26:48 PM CEST
Install Date   : Sat 10 Dec 2011 04:13:41 PM CET
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : Yes
Description    : A featureful, general-purpose sound server