[pulseaudio-discuss] Next pulseaudio release?

[Georg Chini]

Hi Tanu,

>> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2014/09/msg00172.html
> I read that thread, and it sounds like you might have a bit too
> optimistic view of the BlueZ situation. HFP support will require oFono,
> and I don't know if there are complications with making oFono installed
> in Debian's default configuration. Will it conflict with ModemManager?
> oFono also requires a modem to be set up. AFAIK there's some dummy modem
> implementation that should be sufficient for getting HFP to work. I hope
> you can enable the dummy modem by default.
>
> Also, the oFono code in PulseAudio provides only HFP support, HSP isn't
> supported. Most headsets support both profiles, so this is perhaps not a
> huge issue, but see Georg Chini's complaints in the "[PATCH 0/5] Add
> simple HSP support in new native backend" thread.
I did not want to complain, just wanted to make sure I understand it right.
> Wim Taymans wrote patches for supporting HSP without oFono, but that
> code is currently mutually exclusive with oFono support (a compile-time
> option), so PulseAudio can support either HSP or HFP, not both.

Thanks for clarifying this. BTW, did ever anyone get a headset working
with the ofono backend? I remember reading that neither HFP nor HSP
headsets are supported.

Regards
              Georg