Log Message:
Update to 1.0.27.2

Changelog:
Changelog between 1.0.27.1 and 1.0.27.2 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.27.2
    Require alsa-lib 1.0.27.

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    alsactl: return back the udevrules_DATA rule for 90-alsa-restore.rules
    alsactl init: ca0106 file was omitted

Speaker Test
    speaker-test: Fix wrong wave file played back in chmap setup

amixer
    amixer: Print TLV of channel map controls
    amixer: fix print_dB for -0.99 .. -0.01 range
    amixer: Fix the hctl elem search bug

Changelog between 1.0.27 and 1.0.27.1 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.27.1
    Add AM_MAINTAINER_MODE([enable]) to configure.in.

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    alsactl: remove 90-alsa-restore.rules from the tar ball
    Fix a build failure due to a misused format string.
    alsactl: sprintf to snprintf prevent buffer overflow
    alsactl: Fix the string size for the lock file contents
    alsactl: Fix a typo in systemd alsa-restore.service

ALSA RawMidi Utility (amidi)
    Several formatting fixes for manpages.

Speaker Test
    Several formatting fixes for manpages.
    Fix several typos in manpage and help strings.

alsaloop
    Several formatting fixes for manpages.

amixer
    Several formatting fixes for manpages.

aplay/arecord
    Several formatting fixes for manpages.
    Fix several typos in manpage and help strings.
    arecord: add a missing break to the capture loop

aseqnet
    Fix several typos in manpage and help strings.

iecset
    Fix several typos in manpage and help strings.

Changelog between 1.0.26 and 1.0.27 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.27
    alsactl: add --with-alsactl-daemonswitch=FILE to the global configure.in
    alsactl: move systemd config to the daemon mode
    configure: Fix obsolete AM_CONFIG_HEADER macro

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    alsactl: add --with-alsactl-daemonswitch=FILE to the global configure.in
    alsactl: revert back old systemd static units with the \ 
/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf switch
    alsactl: add --nice and --sched-idle options
    alsactl: daemon mode - remove disconnected cards
    alsactl: move systemd config to the daemon mode
    alsactl: add event filter and cache for the daemon mode
    alsactl: Improved command line argument handling...
    alsactl: add the daemon mode
    alsactl: small code reorder to avoid memory leaks
    alsactl: safe state store and memory allocation cleanups

Speaker Test
    speaker-test: change the interrupt handling logic to follow aplay/arecord
    speaker-test: try to call snd_pcm_close() when a signal is received
    speaker-test: increase the maximum supported rate to 384000
    speaker-test: Update man page for chmap option
    speaker-test: Add support for channel mapping API

alsaloop
    alsaloop: Fix missing #endif
    alsaloop: Make alsaloop working without libsamplerate

alsamixer
    alsamixer: Use isatty() to check the terminal (interactive) availability
    alsamixer: fix handling of removed controls

amixer
    amixer: Use the alsa-lib functions for id print and parse and value parse
    amixer: Fix dB value outputs in amixer contents
    amixer: Fix parsing container TLV entries
    amixer: fix rounding of relative changes

aplay/arecord
    aplay/arecord: change the interrupt handling using snd_pcm_abort()
    aplay/arecord: added isatty() check (interactive mode)
    aplay: Add the support for big-endian WAV format (RIFX)
    aplay: Show usage if no parameter is passed
    aplay: fix typo & silence warning..
    aplay: More support for channel map option
    aplay: Add support for channel mapping

Changelog between 1.0.25 and 1.0.26 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.26
    build: Don't call AC_CHECK_FUNC with --disable-alsatest
    configure.in: use AS_HELP_STRING everywhere
    configure.in: look for ncurses pkg-config first
    Trivial fixes in INSTALL file

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    alsactl: Add reference to alsactl_init(7) in alsactl man page
    alsactl: Read only *.conf files when a directory is passed via INCLUDE
    alsactl: Do not access other cards than specified for init

alsaloop
    alsaloop: fix the avail_min setup
    alsaloop: Improve xrun_sync - fill missing playback samples

alsamixer
    amixer, alsamixer: Add description of volume-mapping

amixer
    amixer, alsamixer: Add description of volume-mapping
    amixer: Add the support for mapped volumes like alsamixer

aplay/arecord
    aplay: Use open() instead of open64()
    aplay: Fix signal.h include
    aplay: print vu-meter to stderr, not stdout
    aplay/arecord: option to treat any xrun as fatal
    aplay - option to dump HW parameters
    Fix the examples in aplay.1

aseqnet
    aseqnet: Remove obsoleted .LO entry from man page

cvscompile
    Remove the cvscompile file

Changelog between 1.0.24 and 1.0.25 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.25
    alsactl: add support for recreating enumerated user controls
    fix use of $(SED)
    Updated COPYING with the recent FSF address
    Release v1.0.24.2
    Release v1.0.24.1

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    Alsa-utils: Fix typo causing some volumes not to be initialized
    alsactl: Initialize Front Speaker, etc
    alsactl: add support for recreating enumerated user controls
    fix use of $(SED)
    Revert "alsactl - Display help for names command"
    alsactl init: Mute CD Playback volume by default

Speaker Test
    speaker-test.1: Clarify man page by giving examples

alsaconf
    fix use of $(SED)

alsaloop
    alsaloop: Use AM_CFLAGS in Makefile.am
    alsaloop: another try to force correct formats for libsamplerate
    alsaloop: libsamplerate requires specific formats, force them for slave mode

alsamixer
    alsamixer: Fix X-win related crash for PulseAudio plugin (bad linking)
    alsamixer: Fix 64bit issues
    alsamixer: fix build on uClibc
    alsamixer: fix display of active/inactive controls

alsaucm
    alsaucm: Don't double-free empty lists
    alsaucm: Add list1 command for non-tuple lists
    alsaucm: do not bail out in the interactive mode upon error
    alsaucm: fix interactive mode, add batch mode
    alsaucm: fix list command and output

amixer
    alsa-utils: amixer: Fix SND_CTL_TLVT_DB_RANGE handling

aplay/arecord
    aplay: Fix spelling error
    aplay: increase channel limit to 256
    aplay: Use standard endian convesions
    aplay: Add include files for mkdir()
    aplay: Avoid recursive signal handling
    aplay: Add -i option for interactive mode

aplaymidi/arecordmidi
    aplaymidi: clarify multi-port documentation

Changelog between 1.0.23 and 1.0.24 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.24
    configure.in: Fix xmlto detection
    alsactl: Add a --with-udev-rules-dir configure option.
    configure.in: Fix variable name
    alsactl: Move asound.state location to /var/lib/alsa
    alsactl: systemd and udev hookup
    Introduce alsaloop utility
    alsaucm: Add Use Case Manager utility
    Revert wrong parts of "alsactl: use snd_config_imake* functions"
    alsactl: use snd_config_imake* functions

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    alsactl: Add a --with-udev-rules-dir configure option.
    alsactl: Move asound.state location to /var/lib/alsa
    alsactl: systemd and udev hookup
    alsactl init: Initialize also "Master Front Playback Volume" & \ 
"Switch"
    alsactl init: Handle "Capture Source" and "Mic Boost" in \ 
the default script
    alsactl: Change handling of inactive controls
    alsactl init: use "generic method" instead "guess method"
    alsactl init: Use "Found hardware:" instead "Unknown \ 
hardware:"
    Revert wrong parts of "alsactl: use snd_config_imake* functions"
    alsactl: change format of comment node in state file
    alsactl: correctly restore dB values of controls with changed range
    alsactl: remove open-coded search
    alsactl: move alloca out of loop
    alsactl: use snd_config_imake* functions

Speaker Test
    speaker-test: Don't retry after fatal errors
    speaker-test: add test pattern for PCM layer debugging purposes

aconnect
    Revert wrong parts of "alsactl: use snd_config_imake* functions"
    alsactl: use snd_config_imake* functions

alsaconf
    alsactl: Move asound.state location to /var/lib/alsa

alsaloop
    alsaloop: rework the ctl event handling routine
    alsaloop: Delay the restart a bit (to handle snd-aloop playback xruns better)
    alsaloop: Fix latency print
    alsaloop: fixes, added -W/--wake option
    alsaloop: add -U/--xrun to alsaloop.1 man page
    alsaloop: added xrun profiling support (-U,--xrun), added SIGUSR1 state dump
    alsaloop: add --pctl and --cctl options to man page
    alsaloop: add --pctl and --cctl options
    alsaloop: Fixes and added --workaround option
    alsaloop: Fix command-line parsing and pollfd initialization
    alsaloop: Add OSS mixer redirection support
    alsaloop: added resampling for unsupported soundcard rates
    alsaloop: fix resample argument parsing
    alsaloop: fix -a option and slave mode processing
    alsaloop: Fix thread handling
    alsaloop: Fix loopbacks pointer initialization and allocation, fix -T option
    Introduce alsaloop utility

alsamixer
    alsamixer: use cubic scale for volume bars
    alsamixer: increase step size for big control value ranges
    alsamixer: remove obsolete e-mail
    alsamixer: remove obsolete e-mail

alsaucm
    alsaucm: fix command line arguments parsing
    ucm: added listcards command
    alsaucm: initial rewrite to use update API
    alsaucm: Report failure to set a device due to missing verb setup
    alsaucm: Add Use Case Manager utility

amixer
    amixer: fix parsing of control ID name

aplay/arecord
    aplay/arecord: term_c_lflag variable might be unitialized in some cases
    aplay: fix termio settings - return back old c_flag value on exit
    aplay/arecord: Added hardware pause support (press SPACE or Enter)

Changelog between 1.0.22 and 1.0.23 releases
Core
    Release v1.0.23

ALSA Control (alsactl)
    alsactl: update debug prints in state.c
    alsactl: add more debug prints to state.c
    alsactl: improve -d to get warnings and store exitcode to runstate file
    alsactl: Fix return code

ALSA RawMidi Utility (amidi)
    amidi: fix port listing

Speaker Test
    speaker-test: add fflush(stdout) to write_loop

aconnect
    aconnect -x: Do not update index after removal of connection.

alsamixer
    alsamixer: handle out-of-range volume values
    alsamixer: fix division by zero

amixer
    amixer: add support for TLV dB minmax types
    amixer: fix display of unreadable control elements

aplay/arecord
    aplay -- update the man file
    aplay -- add features for audio surveilance
    aplay - add option --process-id-file
    aplay: Dump PCM state on xrun when verbose mode is active