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. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
