[pulseaudio-tickets] [Bug 60146] New: Replace dummy modules with a list of deprecated module aliases in the module loading code

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60146

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 60146
                CC: lennart at poettering.net
          Assignee: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: Replace dummy modules with a list of deprecated module
                    aliases in the module loading code
        QA Contact: pulseaudio-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: enhancement
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: tanuk at iki.fi
          Hardware: Other
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: core
           Product: PulseAudio

Sometimes we want to rename modules. That's no reason to break user
configuration. We have handled this sometimes by keeping a compatibility module
that loads the new module, and sometimes we have simply broken configuration
compatibility. Dummy modules take up compilation time and add clutter the
source tree. I propose a lighter-weight solution: maintain a simple list of
deprecated module aliases in the module loading code. If configuration contains
a module that is on the list, the module loading code issues a warning and
loads the modern version of the module.

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