Patch to fix building on FreeBSD

Kris Moore kris at pcbsd.com
Mon Aug 18 17:13:11 UTC 2008


Jeff Mitchell wrote:
> Ian Monroe wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.com> wrote:
>>> I've been using it for a few days right now. So far it seems to work OK,
>>> been playing MP3's and some streaming audio. No crashes so far. We still
>>> have more than a month to release here, so we'll include whatever alpha /
>>> beta you have out at that time, then roll out an update when you release
>>> your final one.
>> I think a slightly more advanced user would find problems.
>>
>>> For an alpha release though, it is really quite nice! Good work!
>> Its still an alpha release. We're not Google with its preputual beta's
>> or k3b which was a fine app for years before they release 1.0. Our
>> alphas really our alphas. Please consider including Amarok 1.4 in the
>> release you are making in a month. Amarok betas or alphas are never
>> intended to be used by distros as the default.
> 
> I need to echo Ian here.  My first thought on reading your response was
> "no crashes so far?  Really?"
> 
> That should give you an indication of the level of readiness A2 is
> currently at.  :-)
> 
> --Jeff


Point well taken :)

I'm not going to include amarok2 by default in the OS, but we'll go 
ahead and offer packages for both Amarok 1.x and 2.x for users to decide 
which they want to run.



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Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
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