IcedTea-Sound 1.0.0 Released!

[Jon VanAlten]

> 
> I can't quite get the relation between icedtea-sound and an OpenJDK
> built with Icedtea. It seems I don't need icedtea-sound for my Java
> app to play sound: I tried tuxguitar [0] and this Oracle test app [1]
> that are able to play sound even though I have an OpenJDK + Icedtea
> 2.5.1 but **no** icedtea-sound installed.
> 

Hello Guillaume,

I am no expert in Linux sound or PulseAudio specifically, and have
not recently looked at IcedTea-Sound code, so take this with a
grain of salt.

IcedTea-Sound is a Java library allowing for direct interaction with
the PulseAudio sound system.  I believe it is implemented as a
provider that can be plugged in to the Java Sound system[1].

OpenJDK already comes with some kind of provider or providers, so
sound works in Java without IcedTea-Sound (unless it is specifically
depending on the Pulse provider from IcedTea-Sound, of course).

Perhaps others can provide more detailed information.  Hope this
helps!

cheers,
jon


[1] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/sound/