FS#1580 - xmms-skins - unneccesary dependency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Lukas Sabota (punkrockguy318) - Tuesday, 05 October 2004, 01:24 GMT
Last edited by Eric Johnson (eric) - Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 21:23 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Eric Johnson (eric)
Architecture not specified
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Xmms-skins shouldn't depend on xmms. Bmp also can use xmms skins. There's no point of installing xmms just so you can install xmms-skins. In my bmp-cvs package, /usr/lib/bmp/Skins is linked to /usr/lib/xmms/Skins. The xmms dependency should be removed from xmms-skins so you can install skins for any player that uses the wa2 engine without installing xmms.
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Closed by  Eric Johnson (eric)
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 21:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Eric Johnson (eric) - Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 21:22 GMT
I think that if the xmms dependency was removed, then the package should be renamed as well. After all, itt wouldn't make sense to install xmms-skins if you weren't using xmms. It could be renamed to wa2-skins or mediaplayer-skins or some such, but given that xmms is the more widely known media player, IMHO, the package gets better "advertisement" as xmms-skins. So, leaving the package named xmms-skins, I think it's justified to leave xmms as a dependency.

Users that don't want xmms installed can always remove the package with a no-dependency check.
Comment by Eric Johnson (eric) - Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 21:23 GMT
I think that if the xmms dependency was removed, then the package should be renamed as well. After all, itt wouldn't make sense to install xmms-skins if you weren't using xmms. It could be renamed to wa2-skins or mediaplayer-skins or some such, but given that xmms is the more widely known media player, IMHO, the package gets better "advertisement" as xmms-skins. So, leaving the package named xmms-skins, I think it's justified to leave xmms as a dependency.

Users that don't want xmms installed can always remove the package with a no-dependency check.

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