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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 21:40:29 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 27 January 2009 18:35:07 Damian wrote: |
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> > > I almost forgot - trying to emerge amarok2.0.1.1 is almost guaranteed |
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> > > to fail due to the amarok devs have no clue as to how mysql is built, |
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> > > plus other errors: |
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> > |
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> > Indeed. I think it's time for me to drop one more kde app. |
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> > |
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> > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238487 |
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> > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250870 |
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> I'm sorely tempted to do the same. amarok-2.0.1.1 does eventually compile |
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> if you: |
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> build mysql or mysql-community with USE="embedded -minimal" |
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> then |
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> build amarok |
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> But it just feels ... clunky. The big content panel in the middle is |
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> awkward: |
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> There's no way I can find to tell amarok which applet you want to go where, |
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> with multiple panes in use the animation effect to switch from one to the |
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> other is non-intuitive. Eventually by zooming the whole thing out you can |
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> see it's 4 panes arranged 2x2 and the animation simulates moving from one |
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> to another. But it doesn't *tell* you it's laid out like that so the random |
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> motion looks weird. The "last played" display switches back and forth |
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> between a "name with cover art" format and a long black oval just like the |
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> applet selector. Um, which is it supposed to be? |
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> And many many other quirks, too many to mention. As a player, it plays OK - |
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> sound does come out of the speakers. But players are commodity apps these |
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> days. Dump one, use another, easy peasy. |
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I have (aka anli) claimed here :-) - |
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http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,15777.0.html |
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