[dot] Amarok 2 Second Beta Released

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From: Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org>
Dept: now-a-pup-soon-grown-up-dept.
Date: Tuesday 07/Oct/2008, @10:45

Amarok 2 Second Beta Released
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   The Amarok Squad is proud to announce the second beta release of
Amarok 2.0. This release includes a lot of bug fixes and improvements,
like the switch from SQlite to MySQL-embedded. The LibriVox service is
back, as is lyrics support. Please read the release announcement
[http://amarok.kde.org/en/node/554] for a detailed list of changes since
the release of Beta 1 and more.

     The most significant change in this release is the switch from
SQLite to MySQL-embedded as the database backend. MySQL-embedded allows
us to use the performance increase of the popular MySQL database, while
avoiding non-trivial configuration that comes with a standalone server.
Most noticeably, you will see much improved performance of collection
scanning and searching, especially with very large music collections.

     More generally we have fixed a huge amount of bugs, bringing Amarok
2 one step closer to the stability you would expect for your daily music
needs. While not quite stable quality, we encourage our users to test
this release and continue submitting bug reports. Already this beta
version is good enough for daily use in many cases.

     We hope you enjoy this release which we have worked so hard to
produce. Stay tuned for upcoming releases, and please do not forget to
donate for Roktober [http://amarok.kde.org/en/node/548]!