FS#42580 - [gnome-music] Please add some documentation for gnome-music

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by H. Giskard Reventlov (Reventlov) - Monday, 27 October 2014, 18:32 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Thursday, 26 October 2017, 03:25 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 3
Private No

Details

Description:
Gnome-music cannot be used "as in" after installing it. You have to launch stuff like tracker-control --start, for example. There is no documentation anywhere concerning this. Users shouldn't have to guess that to use one package from extra.
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Thursday, 26 October 2017, 03:25 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  There is nothing we can really do about upstream's lack of documentation. Please ask upstream to provide usable documentation.
Comment by Samantha McVey (samcv) - Thursday, 09 June 2016, 22:27 GMT
Can you please reply and let us know if you are still having this issue with this package? Thanks! Also if you are still experiencing this issue, please detail what steps you need to do for the application to work properly and if any needed additional programs need to be installed. I installed gnome-music but it didn't seem to install anything called "tracker-control", maybe this is an external program that you are saying we forgot to include? Waiting on your response.
Comment by H. Giskard Reventlov (Reventlov) - Friday, 10 June 2016, 18:46 GMT
Yup, I still have issues with this package (even If i stopped caring years ago).
My main problem is that this packages doesn't come with any instruction.

Ok, no problem, I can open the menu and go to the website to know how to use this package. Nope, no instructions on https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Music
Ok, i'll open the help menu, no problem: https://ptpb.pw/Tf8S.txt Nope, traceback.

I'm guessing the instructions would be to follow some of the advices in the comment https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/3rb37r/gnomemusic_doesnt_find_any_files/ (note tracker-control has been renamed tracker).

Please note i'm not using a gnome desktop environment: i'm using a vanilla openbox, and all thoses problems may come from the fact using gnome-music outside of a gnome DE is not intended.

Thank you for your question, good luck with using this piece of… well, thing.
Comment by mattia (nTia89) - Sunday, 01 October 2017, 15:19 GMT
I think it is an upstream issue

so IMHO we can close it

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