Package: debian-policy Version: 3.6.1.1 Severity: wishlist Hi, I'd like to get `mpd-client' added to the virtual package list at: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt Currently, mpc is the only[1] package in Debian that provides mpd-client, but I maintain several other mpd-client packages[2]. mpd is the package that programs providing mpd-client like mpc interact with. The mpd protocol is well-documented, stable[3], and supported by many client applications. Upstream has plans to file an RFC it in the future, most likely after mpd 1.0 has standardized. A description of the protocol is available here: https://theory5.chem.pitt.edu/svn/mpd/mpd/trunk/doc/COMMANDS A high-level overview of what mpd does and how clients work is available at both the upstream homepage at http://www.MusicPD.org and http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/mpd Footnotes: 1 - mpdcon.app should provide mpd-client, too. I'll be filing a wishlist bug against that right away. 2 - still seeking sponsors willing to understand CDBS. I may eventually repackage some of them using my own build system (or any build system of a potential sponsor's choice, I understand them all :) after I get mpd fully working on my ipod (running ucLinux). http://des.petta-tech.bogomips.org/~eric/MusicPD/releases 3 - old, unmaintained clients like gtk2mp continue to work after being abandoned (no, I didn't make the deb package for that and I'm not asking for it to be sponsored into Debian). -- Eric Wong
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