ALSA
From The Linux Foundation
ALSA (or "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture") is the preferred framework for doing low-level sound on Linux systems.
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[edit] Status in LSB 3.2
The ALSA API was introduced into the LSB as a trial-use module in 3.2.
[edit] Status in LSB 4.0
The plan is for ALSA to become a required module in 4.0. Two things are needed before this can happen:
[edit] Evaluation of the 3.2 spec
Is it useful? Can apps use it? One high-visibility app to check: OpenJDK (see LsbJava.
As a complication, the current spec is what it is because of the state of ALSA in SLES 10 and RHEL 5; if we stick to our plan to tie 4.0 to the current enterprise distros, we can't add much.
[edit] Tests
We need tests. Currently, ALSA has no tests at all apart from the generic checkers.