2023-05-30
Breaking changes: Pipewire session manager switch, Pipewire and PulseAudio system service removal
Pipewire session manager switch
Void has now dropped the long-deprecated pipewire-media-session
session manager
from its pipewire
package, bringing it inline with the upstream default
configuration. If you are currently using pipewire
, you must migrate to
wireplumber
or pipewire
will cease to function properly. Refer to
Void documentation
if you need guidance when making this change.
Pipewire and PulseAudio system service removal
The oft-confusing services for pipewire
, pipewire-pulse
,
wireplumber
, and pulseaudio
have been removed from the pipewire
,
wireplumber
, and pulseaudio
packages because they were experimental and
should not have been used for almost all use-cases.
If you are currently using those services and still wish to do so, replacements
for the pipewire
and pulseaudio
services can be found in
/usr/share/examples/$pkgname/sv/
. Otherwise, it is recommended to migrate to
another method of launching pipewire
. Refer to
Void documentation
if you need guidance.