[Freeciv-Dev] Re: request for --disable-sound (PR#1607)

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 11:35:38AM -0700, Ben Webb wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 08:26:23PM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 10:50:26AM -0700, Ben Webb wrote:
> > > The only other option is for the distributed RPM to link only to
> > > ESD, and ignore the SDL plugin, which would be a shame.
> > 
> > Both play sound. If ESD gets the job why should I want SDL?
> 
> This begs the question: why have an SDL plugin at all?

 - not everybody uses a distribution (think about non-linux users)
 - not every distribution has ESD as the default
 - because it was easy to code

        Raimar

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