Amarok-devel Digest, Vol 407, Issue 1

[Bennett Piater]

On 2020-01-08 13:00, amarok-devel-request at kde.org wrote:
> How about leaving the website as it is for now? I don't know where you
> checked, but 2.9 is the latest version specified, the screenshots have 
> not
> been changed because there were no UI changes done between versions. So 
> if
> it bothers you it says 2.7 instead of 2.9, change that?
> 
> As for the kf5 port: it is mostly done, and several distros already 
> ship an
> unofficial release, we simply don't have a finished version, but we
> certainly should do a tech preview alpha just to get things rolling 
> faster
> again.
> 
> Currently we are faced with the big problem of MySQL embedded having 
> been
> deprecated upstream, and we need to make a substantial change for the
> database, which is currently been decided upon.

Where is that discussion taking place, if I may ask?

> So instead of removing the website which I strongly oppose, how about a
> static page mentioning the latest 2.9 release with screenshot numbering
> updated, and a link to kft5 master in git? Also worth mentioning would 
> be
> the rolling release distros who already ship the kf5 version.

FWIW, arch linux dropped amarok to AUR (unsupported) with the comment 
that upstream looks basically dead and the qt5 version was never 
properly finished.
So the communication could certainly do with an improvement.

Cheers,
Bennett