Re: Bug#431482: Considerations for 'xmms' removal from Debian

[William Pitcock <nenolod@sacredspiral.co.uk>]

Steve Langasek <vorlon <at> debian.org> writes:

> 
> I wonder why audacious and audacious-plugins should be separate packages at
> all instead of building them into a single binary package, given that this
> circular dependency relationship exists (even if not on paper currently).
> 

Because we (audacious) release the player and the plugins seperately. This allows
for faster QA procedures to happen during the development workflow, as we don't
have to freeze development of both the player and the plugins, we can just
concentrate on one or the other. For instance, the latest audacious player is
1.3.2, and the latest plugins pack is 1.3.5.

William