Multiple songs playing simultaneously

[AG]

On 17/12/12 08:36, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> Hi AG,
>
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 8:46 PM, AG<computing.account at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> On a standard GNU/ Linux Debian squeeze 32-bit distribution:
>>
>> I am running Amarok (Version 2.3.1 Using KDE 4.4.3 (KDE 4.4.3)). AFAIK, all
>> libraries are up-to-date.
>
> And that is where the problem lies: Debian stable ships a completely
> outdated and unsupported version of Amarok. The current stable version
> we support is 2.6, please upgrade your system.
>
> While it makes sense to use Debian stable for a server installation it
> is really not the best of a choice for the desktop, Debian Wheezy or a
> spin-off of Debian with a faster release cycle like Kubuntu or Mint
> are better suited for the end user.
>
> Regards, Myriam
>

Hi Myriam

This isn't very helpful I'm afraid. Telling me to upgrade my system just 
to get a package working is like telling someone to renovate their 
kitchen to house a newer version of a kettle that just stopped working. 
It is not even a solution - why should the tail of Amarok wag the dog of 
one's system version?

It is also quite disingenuous of you to propose that because Amarok no 
longer supports a previous version that that is the reason the software 
is buggy. Perhaps the development team could look at resolving some of 
these bugs related to Phonon backends (or whatever the issue is) rather 
than to simply instruct everyone to ignore the problems in their 
software by means of a *system* upgrade!! That is an ostrich approach to 
development if ever I heard one.

Just not helpful at all, and I will be choosing an alternative player 
from now on, thank you. Which is too bad, because I liked Amarok and it 
served me well for many years and I contributed financially to its 
support on several occasions. But this "help" you offer Myriam is, in 
plain English, a nonsense.

AG

AG