I know that this is an upstream problem, however I think it is important to mention the issue here. I keep bumping into FreeBSD packages (yakuake, guake, chromium browser, etc.) that insist on installing an instance of pulseaudio on my system. I personally don’t want pulseaudio, nor see the need for it on my system. Not sure how other users feel about it, but I have a relationship to pulseaudio as some Linux users have to systemd…
Isn’t it possible to tell packagers that pulseaudio is forbidden fruit? I know that in Linux, a workaround to avoid pulseaudio (if it is a hard program requirement - although not perfect alternative) is to use Apulse…