Comment 549 for bug 371897

(In reply to Sebastian Lackner from comment #428)
> Closing this bug was probably a bit rushed, to quote Andrews comment on
> wine-devel:
>
> """After those five, there are three more patches to implement missing
> critical interfaces (volume, session, and marshalling)."""
>
> I would assume the current state is not fully functional enough to actually
> use it.

Should wait to see if those additional patches are added. If they're not, then create new bugs for implementing those interfaces. This thread is already insanely long, and the primary issue (proper PulseAudio support) is now fixed upstream.