I'm showing this behavior too, as of a few days ago.
ziegs@euler ~ $ pulseaudio --version pulseaudio 0.9.8
ziegs@euler ~ $ uname -a Linux euler 2.6.24-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 14 17:30:39 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
I'm showing this behavior too, as of a few days ago.
ziegs@euler ~ $ pulseaudio --version
pulseaudio 0.9.8
ziegs@euler ~ $ uname -a
Linux euler 2.6.24-4-generic #1 SMP Mon Jan 14 17:30:39 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux