On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 08:33:24AM +0530, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > On 23/10/2017 03:22, Robert van den Berg wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Amarok stopped working (it would load, but wouldn't play anything anymore) > > for > > me under testing after a complex update. I tried to remove and reinstall > > Amarok, only to find that Amarok is currently not present in testing. > > > > I was wondering if I'm better of to wait for the unstable version to arrive > > in > > testing. However this page: https://release.debian.org/britney/ > > update_excuses.html#amarok suggests that it's already 280 days on hold. > > > > Alternatives are to install it from unstable or from stable. However, I'm > > not > > sure if I'll run into dependency issues. [...] > > Do you have any suggestions? [...] > > Hi, if it's any help "Amarok" does work for me in Unstable, but it as > several dependencies in Unstable so you may have to pull many packages. > Otherwise I find "Clementine" a good replacement, and since Amarok port to > QT5 looks very slow at best it might be a good idea to consider alternate > solutions anyway.
I really hope that the QT5 port of Clementine is ready in time for freeze, because I've been unable to warm up to the new (>> 1.4) Amarok! It's currently QT4... Cheers, Nicholas
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