Error upgrading Chromium

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 10:43 -0800, Kurt Buff wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Ralf Mardorf
> <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 08:30 -0800, Kurt Buff wrote:
> >> I worked around this by reconfiguring the port so that it doesn't use
> >> pulseadio, recompiled, and it finished OK.
> >
> > IIUC Google doesn't like to add pulseaudio and/or jackd support to their
> > software. Because you need to be subscribed to Jack devel mailing list
> > to read the archive, I copied an Email from another person who also is
> > subscribed to this list.
> >
> > "As a follow up on the original topic the Chromium developers have already
> > implemented CRAS.
> >
> > Their main reason is that they are seeking to minimise energy usage in the
> > OS and not latency or audio routing issues as described in the webpage.
> >
> > Apparently even though Pulseaudio is fine for Palm's/HP's webOS it is not
> > good enough for ChromeOS.
> >
> > I have yet to get to the bottom of how badly they have screwed up JACK
> > integration but it is highly likely that ChromeBooks will not be able to
> > integrate into a netjack system.
> >
> > So, I guess we can expect a new round of pissed off audio users
> > complaining about the lack of JACK integration with ChromeOS in the coming
> > years.
> >
> > Probably the easiest answer will be for them to stick within their Chrome
> > eco system in much the same way that Android users have to now."
> > - http://lists.jackaudio.org/private.cgi/jack-devel-jackaudio.org/2013-January/010592.html
> 
> Good to know!
> 
> Since ATM I'm only using Chromium on a netbook (Asus Aspire One -
> about 3 years old), and it doesn't have much of an audio system, I'm
> not too worked up about it, but I've got a new Dell laptop coming, and
> I suppose I'll just have to use one of the other web browsers for
> that.

I'm not sure if it's an issue for the *NIX browser, or just for a
GoogleOS. As far as I know, there's a browser called Chrom and Chromium,
but there are also operating systems with this name. So some research
still is needed.

Regards,
Ralf