[ubuntu-studio-devel] Missing applications: Audacious & Shotwell

[Set Hallstrom]

On 2016-04-03 13:24, Jimmy Sjölund wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 18:57, Len Ovens <'len at ovenwerks.net'> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Apr 2016, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
>>
>> > I think all DEs have a media player that comes with the DE. So, I don't
>> > see why audacious absolutely needs to be included.
>> > Is Shotwell intresting for graphics?
>>
>> I think we removed shotwell on purpose a cycle or two ago. It may have
>> been a (temporary) bug at the time, I don't remember now. Maybe our dev
>> wiki should have an annotated list of packages added/removed and the
>> reason. BZR commit comments should tell as well.
>>
>> That's my recollection as well. 
> 
> 

Shotwel is an appreciated software, but i remember it being removed on
purpose. It couldn't handle very large photo-libraries, would simply
just crash when the library was to large. Also it tends to re-organize
photos, pretty much like iTunes does. I think it possible to configure
how, but by default, it imports and sorts the photos according to its
default settings, which i personaly think is PITA. Maybe it has become
better. But it is more of a gadget than a production tool. Also, we
already have 2 professionak RAW developers / Library Managers: Darktable
and RawTherapee and for quick navigation of photos, file-manager+
ristretto beats shotwell in both speed and simplicity. I'd rather _not_
see shotwell come back TBH.

Audacious, on the other hand, i'm sure we will get many comments for
it's absence. I for one, will have it high on my todo-list after
install. Obviously, like zequence say, it is an apt-get install away.
But hey, we provide the users with tools to create music/video,
shouldn't we provide them the tools to watch/hear it?

My 2 pennies...

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Set Sakrecoer