package removal explanation?

[Bryce Harrington]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 05:10:25PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi Dustin,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:15:23AM +0100, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> > Can anyone point me to documentation or mailing list discussion as to
> > why xmms was removed from Ubuntu universe?
> >  * https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmms
> > 
> > But xmms remains rock-solid for my use cases (streaming over http),
> > and I continue to build it in my PPA for each Ubuntu release.
> 
> I personally use rhythmbox for streaming, but bmpx and audacious have
> been seen as replacements for xmms.

Dustin, I also loved xmms for streaming over http, and can definitely
recommend audacious as a good drop-in replacement.

Bryce