Return Playdarcollection from "the Dead" ;)

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Stefan Derkits <stefan at derkits.at> wrote:
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> Hey,
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>> I'm against the idea of having a playdar service just for
>> configuration. Unless it has actual usable content, like for instance
>> your own GPodderService, it should not pollute the internet service
>> list. Configuration of a collection can be done using the
>> CollectionDelegate actions  (they appear when hovered over the root
>> items in Local Music. If requested we can make a page for it in the
>> settings. There is also a branch by Rick that allows complete
>> disabling on a plug-in basis [1] this can support configuration for
>> each individual plugin, like playdar.
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>> [1] http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=amarok.git&a=shortlog&h=refs/heads/rickc-pluginselection
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> as the Branch is merged already some time, I was wondering if it would
> be possible to reenable PlaydarCollection, but not "enable it" by default.
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> Means, that a User could (if he/she wants) enable Playdarcollection from
> the new Plugins Page in Settings.
> It would be a pitty to leave the PlaydarColllection Code
> "force-disabled" even in 2.4.1

As far as I understand, the Tomahawk Player [1] started by Muesli is
basically a new implementation of Playdar (the original code base is
dead). Muesli said, Tomahawk is fully compatible with Playdar:

[1] http://tomahawk-player.org

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Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer, Senior Software Engineer at Nokia
Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe
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