[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#721573: mpd doesn't release pulseaudio on pause

[Antoine Beaupré]

Package: mpd
Version: 0.17.4-3~bpo70+1
Severity: normal

In addition to the pulseaudio problems described in #554156, there is a
specific problem that makes it much harder to use pulseaudio in mpd.

Normally, when pulseaudio doesn't play, it releases the audio device, so
that multiple pulseaudio processes can run in parallel without too much
problems.

However, when you pause mpd, it seems to make pulseaudio still keep the
audio device locked. Fixing that behavior would significantly improve
pulseaudio support and avoid requiring users to make the special
configuration detailed in #554156.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mpd depends on:
ii  adduser                           3.113+nmu3
ii  libao4                            1.1.0-2
ii  libasound2                        1.0.25-4
ii  libaudiofile1                     0.3.4-2
ii  libavahi-client3                  0.6.31-2
ii  libavahi-common3                  0.6.31-2
ii  libavahi-glib1                    0.6.31-2
ii  libavcodec53                      6:0.8.6-1
ii  libavformat53                     6:0.8.6-1
ii  libavutil51                       6:0.8.6-1
ii  libc6                             2.13-38
ii  libcdio-cdda1                     0.83-4
ii  libcdio-paranoia1                 0.83-4
ii  libcdio13                         0.83-4
ii  libcurl3-gnutls                   7.26.0-1+wheezy3
ii  libfaad2                          2.7-8
ii  libffado2                         2.0.99+svn2171-2
ii  libflac8                          1.2.1-6
ii  libfluidsynth1                    1.1.5-2
ii  libgcc1                           1:4.7.2-5
ii  libglib2.0-0                      2.33.12+really2.32.4-5
ii  libgme0                           0.5.5-2
ii  libid3tag0                        0.15.1b-10
ii  libiso9660-8                      0.83-4
ii  libjack-jackd2-0 [libjack-0.116]  1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-5
ii  libmad0                           0.15.1b-7
ii  libmikmod2                        3.1.12-5
ii  libmms0                           0.6.2-3
ii  libmodplug1                       1:0.8.8.4-3
ii  libmp3lame0                       3.99.5+repack1-3
ii  libmpcdec6                        2:0.1~r459-4
ii  libmpg123-0                       1.14.4-1
ii  libogg0                           1.3.0-4
ii  libpulse0                         2.0-6.1
ii  libresid-builder0c2a              2.1.1-14
ii  libsamplerate0                    0.1.8-5
ii  libshout3                         2.2.2-8
ii  libsidplay2                       2.1.1-14
ii  libsidutils0                      2.1.1-14
ii  libsndfile1                       1.0.25-5
ii  libsoup2.4-1                      2.38.1-2
ii  libsqlite3-0                      3.7.13-1+deb7u1
ii  libstdc++6                        4.7.2-5
ii  libsystemd-daemon0                44-11
ii  libvorbis0a                       1.3.2-1.3
ii  libvorbisenc2                     1.3.2-1.3
ii  libvorbisfile3                    1.3.2-1.3
ii  libwavpack1                       4.60.1-3
ii  libwildmidi1                      0.2.3.4-2.1
ii  libwrap0                          7.6.q-24
ii  libyajl2                          2.0.4-2
ii  lsb-base                          4.1+Debian8+deb7u1

mpd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mpd suggests:
ii  avahi-daemon           0.6.31-2
ii  gmpc [mpd-client]      11.8.16-6
ii  icecast2               2.3.2-9+deb7u2
ii  mpc [mpd-client]       0.22-1
ii  mpd-sima [mpd-client]  0.9.2-2
ii  ncmpc [mpd-client]     0.17-1
ii  pulseaudio             2.0-6.1

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/mpd.conf changed [not included]

-- no debconf information