xxms into universe?

Stephan Hermann sh at sourcecode.de
Sun May 27 10:08:31 BST 2007


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Good Morning,


Am Mon, 14 May 2007 14:51:18 -0700
schrieb Kees Cook <kees at ubuntu.com>:

> Hello!
> 
> I'd like to propose moving xmms into universe.  There is no longer
> any upstream development[1] (and as such, security vulnerabilities
> aren't being fixed -- I created the most recent patch for the skin
> loader vuln).  Debian's package has been recently adopted, otherwise
> I'd be proposing dropping it from the repository totally.  :)

Well, we can leave xmms in universe for at least one release cycle
(reads: Gutsy still have it in universe), and gutsy+1 won't have it
anymore.

I think we have a bright choice of media players right now (rythmbox,
amarok to name only the two big ones for ubuntu and kubuntu).


> So, I'd like to propose the following changes:
> - remove the "xmms-flac" package from "flac" (as well as the
> "xmms-dev" build-dep).
> - remove the "xmms-dev" build-dep from kdeutils (as well as the
> "xmms" suggests from superkaramba).
> - move xmms into universe

Agreed and second.

Regards,
\sh

- -- 
Stephan Hermann
Ubuntu Developer
http://launchpad.net/~shermann
shermann at ubuntu.com
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