extragear/multimedia/amarok
Seb Ruiz
me at sebruiz.net
Thu Jul 6 03:24:40 UTC 2006
SVN commit 558813 by seb:
Update readme:
- mandatory to build with included sqlite (need to update configure?)
- ask packagers to build separate packages for media device plugins
Do we need to CC this to any of the packagers, and if so, where to?!
CCMAIL:amarok at kde.org
M +5 -12 README
--- trunk/extragear/multimedia/amarok/README #558812:558813
@@ -183,19 +183,9 @@
% ./configure --disable-debug
-There is a special option for packagers who wish to use the version of sqlite
-that is distributed with their operating system:
+It is possible to build Amarok to use MySQL as the database backend. Using
+MySQL makes the Amarok collection faster.
- % ./configure --without-included-sqlite
-
-It is also possible to build Amarok to use MySQL as the database backend. Using
-MySQL makes the Amarok collection faster. We suggest not building sqlite into
-Amarok if you plan to ship Amarok with a MySQL dependency.
-
-However, the sqlite you ship MUST be threadsafe! Also Amarok will take longer
-to start with this option since sqlite is not statically linked into the
-amarok binary. The Amarok binary will be approximately 200kB smaller.
-
We suggest compiling Os, there is no particular part of Amarok that would
benefit from optimisation, so the smallest binary is probably the best route.
@@ -207,6 +197,9 @@
3. xine-engine
4. Helix-engine
5. amarok_xmmswrapper + amarok_libvisual
+ 6. ipod media device
+ 7. ifp media device
+ 8. njb media device
Amarok is modular and will be fully functional as long as one of 2, 3, or 4 is
also installed. Hence we suggest Amarok + one backend. Feel free to include the
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