On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 22:15:06 +0100 Klaus Ethgen <Klaus@Ethgen.de> wrote: > Am Sa den 6. Dez 2008 um 21:38 schrieb Daniel Moerner: > > xmms is gone: > > It is still in stable and there are many installations. More than 7000 > in popcon. And there is still no alternative. Soon to be only in oldstable - sounds about right to me. If you want it back, please take on the work of migrating it to Gtk2.0. (Yes, I have already done this for other packages, before you ask. It isn't easy but it is the only realistic option.) Don't expect someone else to do it and don't complain if nobody bothers. You think xmms is so essential, you go and fix it. Simple really. Nobody else appears to want to do the work. Complaining about it without actually doing anything about it is just going to make your argument look utterly redundant. If it's your itch, either you scratch it or you persuade someone who can. That person will certainly not be me. There has been more than enough time already. I mean, even GnuCash migrated to Gtk+2.0 in time. Bit rot has no respect for good intentions, or wishful thinking. IMHO, Debian is not about collecting ancient software just because it is free software. A package must deserve a place in the archive or it should be removed. Personally, I think there are plenty of alternatives to xmms - I haven't missed it. If you think different, it is up to you to step up and do something with the codebase. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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