Comment 16 for bug 221673

There are some additional specific verification requirements here before we can consider this ok for hardy-updates:

Debian bugs #470336 and #470330 point out that alsa-lib 1.0.16 has broken API compatibility with 1.0.15. It is appropriate to consider whether reverting the header changes is the more appropriate course of action for an SRU; we should also double-check that there are no ABI regressions in the library.

Debian bug #469064 shows a regression in hardware support for a particular sound device with alsa-lib 1.0.16. The patch for this is included in intrepid, and should be hand-picked for hardy-proposed as well.

We already know that there are bluetooth plugin packages that use the alsa-lib plugins API, which has been changed between 1.0.15 and 1.0.16. The impact of this API change must be carefully evaluated, and at a minimum the bluetooth plugin packages will need to be updated at the same time, with appropriate package relationships (depends/conflicts, as needed).

Finally, it's reported that there's a regression in support for the VT82xx chip in snd-hda-intel with 1.0.16. This should be tracked down with upstream and resolved prior to committing to -updates.