>>>>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Duncan  wrote:

> Michał Górny posted on Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:25:54 +0200 as excerpted:
>> # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (28 Aug 2017)
>> # Alike xfce4-mixer, relies on gstreamer:0.10 (gstreamer:1.0 removed
>> # mixer wrappers). Last commit upstream in 2014. PulseAudio users
>> # can switch to xfce-extra/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin
>> # or xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed-pulse.
>> # Removal in 30 days. Bug #629212.
>> xfce-extra/xfce4-volumed

> OK, you singled out pulseaudio users when you mentioned an alternative.

> What about non-pulseaudio users?

There are alternatives that seem to work well with xfce and alsa,
for example media-sound/volumeicon or mediasound/pnmixer.

Ulrich