For rokymotion

[Orville Bennett]

On Nov 20, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Jeff Mitchell wrote:

> Big O wrote:
>> As for ipod support, I don't know how it works and I don't package it
>> up. Until someone else tells me it does work I've no plans to do so.
>> This is all moot however as there is no solid for os x/windows so,  
>> big
>> fail for devices right there.
>
> Unless we hack around it.  But you're right...there isn't enough
> visibility on Windows/OS X of KDE to get anyone with experience
> interested in Solid.
>
> If one of us tackles that (I sort of kind of started a Solid on
> Windows), we'd only need to get enough of it working for our needs,
> which isn't all that much.
>
>> My point: device support will lag behind on those platforms and  
>> itunes
>> does, and likely always will do, a better job of managing the ipod
>> than anything that isn't itunes ever will. let's not let device
>> support be a deciding factor on promotion of amarok.
>
> We don't need it to be.  You're taking one of the things I mentioned  
> in
> an example list and stretching it rather far.
>
> That being said, nothing needs to do a better job of managing an iPod
> than iTunes, but a lot of people won't give up iTunes for Amarok if  
> they
> have to switch back and forth and keep up two media libraries to synch
> their iPod anyways.
point.