RFC: Let's make Amarok2 actually play music!

[Mark Kretschmann]

On 9/1/07, Maximilian Kossick <mkossick at gmx.de> wrote:
> On Saturday 01 September 2007, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> > on #amarok.dev we've just been discussing our development goals for
> > the near future. Here's my suggestion:
> >
> > "Let's focus on making Amarok2 usable enough so that *we* can use it
> > for our daily music needs!"
> >
> > I am convinced that the day we developers actually start using Amarok2
> > daily for playing music (instead of just for testing purposes) will
> > make a *big* difference. It's a whole different story whether you work
> > on an application that might theoretically work some day, or if you
> > use it yourself to actually do something useful. Once we achieve this
> > goal, this will provide a huge motivation boost to us, and also to our
> > users who are eager to beta-test Amarok2.
> >
> > Also it will help us to focus on the essential things. It's very easy
> > to get lost in details. We can do the polishing later on, there will
> > be plenty of time.
> >
> > Personally I need a collection, and a playlist, and I need the thing
> > to actually play music without crashing. Then I would consider
> > switching to Amarok2. What about you?
>
> Awesome idea!
>
> Afaik playback works, but switching tracks does not.