On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 16:15:36 +0000, Marko wrote:
> xmms-pulse is a separate package built from sources external to
XMMS.
> It would need circular dependencies to have "xmms" require
"xmms-pulse"
> and vice versa. Or it would be necessary to merge the two packages out
> of convenience.
Yes, it seems that the circular dependency is the problem here, since xmms-
pulse is an external project to xmms. Makes sense.
Note though that it's a circular dep at install-time only, not at
build-time. Not a big issue. Lots of other packages create dependencies
like that.
But I still use XMMS on an everyday basis, and guess I am not the
only one.
:-)
My main reasons for not switching to any other player is that (a) XMMS is
simple enough for elementary use (I don't want the player to maintain
databases of my audio collection and such stuff), (b) the default black skin of
XMMS integrates beautifully into the rest of my desktop, and (c) I am used to
the elementary user-interface for playlists since my Windows and Winamp days.
If you happen to know any other player which satisfies (a,b,c) in a
reasonable
way, especially if there is an exact same black XMMS skin available for it,
I'd appreciate to know about it. ;-)
http://mschwendt.fedorapeople.org/XMMS-vs-Audacious_Screenshot.png
a, b, and c apply to Audacious. It also doesn't maintain any databases like
you describe.