Comment 46 for bug 25632

I see that you don't think it is important, which I can understand. Perhaps not too many people are using SPDIF (I have no idea of the number/percent).

But I do think it is a big usability bug for the people who try to use SPDIF. It was not added just because it was longstanding; you go from perfectly functional sound to NO sound whatsoever with no sort of explanation or error given in the GUI. It's definitely a usability bug, but I agree that there are probably more important bugs out there though. My thought is that it's a usability bug, and if it's submitted and enough people agree it's important enough, it will be fixed. If they don't think it's important enough, it will stay low priority.