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I think it's important to note however, that this is NOT an Ubuntu-specific issue. Other distros are making the same migration (and are doing it the same sudden-transition way).
While I think that the only reasons to REPLACE one library with the other is few shared files in /etc, I think there is no reason why the old code cannot be patched to look at a different file(s).
There's two different ways this can be fixed:
1. Fix it on the distro/packaging side
2. Fix it on the application side
I vote that #1 is the proper solution. If libqt was dropped when libqt4 was added, I think there would be a lot more noise... but it's nearly the same problem. We need a graceful transition, not an all-or-nothing approach as is being implemented now.
That said, Pre 1.1 openal development has ceased. Applications still being worked on (like x-plane) should notice this and do what they need to do to keep current.
I'm not saying anyone is doing this, but lets try to avoid stonewalling. Being inflexible doesn't help anyone. If I could code worth anything, I would have a go at fixing the issue myself. I hope there is someone out there with the skills and motivation.
And, taking a probably naive view, I don't see how this is an issue on the application side itself. Unless there are dirty kludges involved, it shouldn't be very hard to find and adjust any calls to a given set of functions. Why is there such resistance to 'porting' the code to the new version? If it really is that hard, then I would say someone is doing something wrong. Take that with some salt, since I likely don't know what I'm talking about.
Now... bickering aside. Why is it specifically that the old library cannot be provided side-by-side? It makes no sense to me. Is it the config file conflict in /etc? As mentioned earlier, this (probably) should be something even I can fix. The specification to use that file is stored somewhere. Even MS 'notepad' can do a find/replace. I sincerely hope there's more to this than laziness or stubbornness.