Re: RFS: mpg321 (updated package)

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:56:07AM +0200, Michal Čihař a écrit :
> Dne Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:46:56 +1000
> Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> napsal(a):
> > Michal Čihař <nijel@debian.org> writes:
> > > Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> napsal(a):
> > > 
> > > > More directly: Why is this package given a Debian-native version
> > > > when it's clearly not specific to Debian systems?
> > > 
> > > It did have it since ever, because Debian was upstream here.
> > 
> > As pointed out in the FAQ entry I quoted, “a Debian developer is
> > upstream” is not a good reason to make a package Debian-native.
> 
> I should have added that I know that it is not good reason. I was just
> explaining that it is not something what he had changed, but rather a
> thing which is there since the package has been in Debian.

Hi all,

it should probably be trivial to convert mpg321 to the non-native format, but
is this program still needed now that mpg123 is free? Mpg321 looks abandonned
upstream anyway. Maybe it would be more fruitful to see if it can be replaced
by mpg123 in the packages that rdepend on it:

nx159《~》$ apt-cache rdepends mpg321
mpg321
Reverse Depends:
 |mp3roaster
 |vux
  terminatorx
  ripperx
  randomplay
  pytone
 |playmp3list
 |plait
 |orpheus
  normalize-audio
 |music123
 |mserv
 |mpg123-el
 |mp3roaster
  mp3check
 |mp3cd
 |mp3burn
  moosic
  juke
  irmp3
  emms
 |ecasound
  dir2ogg
 |cplay
  cdrbq
  burn
  advi-examples

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan