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Re: [opensuse] future of xmms
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:36:22 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709241232090.6430@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Monday 2007-09-24 at 10:53 +0100, eddie wrote:
> Has xmms been discontinued for 10.3? I've downloaded 10.3 RC1 and configured a
> number of software repositories. However, I've been unable to find a version
> for 10.3. I do prefer it as a simple alternative for the all-embracing media
> players of one type or another. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place or it
> has been ported as yet.
If I remember correctly (I looked on this about two years ago), xmms has
been unsupported for some long time: development branched in two or three
projects.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmms>
XMMS has continued to use GTK+ 1.x toolkit, although a major revision
(2.x) has been available for several years. The primary reason for this
reluctance to upgrade was the fact that many XMMS plugins (written by
third parties) were dependent on the older version of GTK+ to function
properly (about boxes and configuration dialogs). Many software developers
also consider the XMMS codebase to be poorly designed and difficult to
maintain. These factors led to various forks and related projects:
* The Beep Media Player, a fork of XMMS code that uses GTK+ 2, started
around 2003
o BMPx, the remade continuation of Beep Media Player, started
around the end of 2005
o Audacious, a fork from Beep Media Player started around 2005
when BMP development ceased in favor of BMPx
* A lesser known GTK+ 2 fork (named XMMS2, just like the XMMS2
successor/replacement), by Mohammed Sameer. This project has since
been discontinued.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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The Monday 2007-09-24 at 10:53 +0100, eddie wrote:
> Has xmms been discontinued for 10.3? I've downloaded 10.3 RC1 and configured a
> number of software repositories. However, I've been unable to find a version
> for 10.3. I do prefer it as a simple alternative for the all-embracing media
> players of one type or another. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place or it
> has been ported as yet.
If I remember correctly (I looked on this about two years ago), xmms has
been unsupported for some long time: development branched in two or three
projects.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmms>
XMMS has continued to use GTK+ 1.x toolkit, although a major revision
(2.x) has been available for several years. The primary reason for this
reluctance to upgrade was the fact that many XMMS plugins (written by
third parties) were dependent on the older version of GTK+ to function
properly (about boxes and configuration dialogs). Many software developers
also consider the XMMS codebase to be poorly designed and difficult to
maintain. These factors led to various forks and related projects:
* The Beep Media Player, a fork of XMMS code that uses GTK+ 2, started
around 2003
o BMPx, the remade continuation of Beep Media Player, started
around the end of 2005
o Audacious, a fork from Beep Media Player started around 2005
when BMP development ceased in favor of BMPx
* A lesser known GTK+ 2 fork (named XMMS2, just like the XMMS2
successor/replacement), by Mohammed Sameer. This project has since
been discontinued.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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