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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:42:23 +0200
Frieder Bürzele <evermind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dominique Michel wrote:
> > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:06:38 +0200
> > Frieder Bürzele <evermind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Dominique Michel wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:48:46 +0000
> >>> carmen <_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon Aug 21, 2006 at 03:17:09PM +0200, Dominique Michel wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Alsaplayer will soon be removed from portage:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143402
> >>>>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143742
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I like it very much to play with audio cd. Is it some other cd
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> player
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> that have the possibility to change the speed of the playback both
> >>>>> fordward and backward in a linear fashion as alsaplayer can do?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If not, I suggest at we keep it in the overlay tree. Maybe add a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>> warning
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> in the ebuild as what at it can crash sometime and at it is not
> >>>>> recommended to use it as a sound player for a browser.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> agreed. i use it because it has excellent incomplete-file handling (eg
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> from a browser or streamripper) and a native JACK support. why are they
> >>> removing it. just becuse it hasnt had an updated isnce 2004 or
> >>> somethign? silly...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Not only. It have a few bugs and it is not maintened upstream anymore.
> >>> If you look at the alsaplayer devel email list, one of the last message
> >>> (2006-05-28) was from a debian guy that send patches to correct some
> >>> bugs and they don't even made the change in the cvs. Those patches are
> >>> incorporated in the debian version, so they must be safe and well
> >>> tested. Maybe at we can incorporate those fixes in our ebuild.
> >>>
> >>> What is silly is at the first place at a so good program is not
> >>> maintened.
> >>>
> >>> Dominique
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> agreed, ca you or someone point me to available patches?
> >> So I'll integrate them into the ebuild and add it to the overlay
> >>
> >> Greetz
> >> Frieder
> >>
> >>
> >
> > All the diffs can be downloaded from http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=alsaplayer-devel&m=114878812719626&w=2
> > I think at the code in the cvs must be the same, as the package is quite old, as the code in the package.
> > They are for the bug
> >
> > The cvs acces is here, but the files are 2 years old or more:
> > http://www.alsaplayer.org/cvs.php3
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dominique
> >
> >
> done added
>
> greetz
> Frieder
>
Great!
Thank you,
Dominique