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(In reply to comment #244)
> All that would need to be done is remove pulseaudio again after an upgrade
> reinstalls ubuntu-desktop.
Unless I'm mistaken, upgrades won't re-install that package if it's removed (there's probably no other package dependent on it as it's the meta for the whole Ubuntu desktop environment).
Quite the opposite of it being re-installed: what will likely happen is that you won't get any new packages that are added as a standard part of the desktop in the new version... because they're only installed due to ubuntu-desktop's dependency on them. So, if the maintainers do something like change the standard network manager - you'll mysteriously still be using the old one after your dist-upgrade.
But I digress...
I use Kubuntu, without pulse. I would still like to see it supported for the people that need it in order to more easily manage their audio setup.
Until wine works on a system with pulse installed (and we can get rid of the "REMOVE PULSEAUDIO" thread stickied at the top of the forums), I think this bug is valid and needs to be addressed in *some* way (I won't pretend to know if the best solution is OpenAl or winepulse).