http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10495
--- Comment #240 from Timo A. Hummel privat@timohummel.com 2010-02-16 21:26:52 --- I (and others) were asking for PulseAudio, not OpenAL or other tricks. If you believe that OpenAL with Pulse should go inside WINE, open another feature request.
There are many, mostly individual, reasons why we want PulseAudio in WINE as it has been done with the existing patch.
If you don't agree, do NOT - I repeat - do NOT try to convince us of OpenAL or something else - this bug is FOR PulseAudio, not AGAINST.