[Openal] Status of OpenAL 1.1 on OS X

[David Guthrie]

I don't understand why a never version just can't be added in the  
existing framework.  The Current link would point to the 1.1 version  
with NO alut symbols and the 1.0 would still be there as version A so  
that older apps will still run.

David

Sven wrote:

> I have to admit that I don't know the mechanisms of
> frameworks and handling versioning on Mac OS X in detail, but I'm  
> quite
> sure that there is some way to handle this elegantly. And even if not:
> Continuing to ship a combined OpenAL/ALUT is the worst solution.
> Shipping no ALUT at all would be better, because people could then
> easily compile/download a separate ALUT framework without any  
> trouble. A
> separate ALUT framework shipped with Mac OS X would be even better, of
> course. Are there any legal problems with freealut (which is  
> LGPL'd)? If
> yes, please contact Steve and me, I'm sure we could find a solution.
>
> Cheers,
>    S.
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