grip being removed [Re: rawhide report: 20050120 changes]

[Peter Backlund]

tis 2005-01-25 klockan 23:03 +0100 skrev Casper Pedersen:
> >I think xmms is ugly, no matter what theme you put on it. RhythmBox is
> >at least organized in a nice way.
> >
> >  
> >
> Depends on how you see it; xmms is nice, small, and might not be pretty, 
> but it works. RythmBox is big and slow to use with very large 
> collections of files, but it is pretty.
> 
> It's a personal opinion, and there should be a choice for all. Sometimes 
> there have to be compromises.
> 
> I for example would not be happy to loose Grip and xmms, but then again, 
> I might be old fasion:-)
> 
> Regards/Casper

For a Gtk2 replacement of xmms, take a look at Beep Media Player: 

http://www.sosdg.org/~larne/w/BMP_Homepage

It's in QA over at livna: 

http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54

mp3 subpackage could be created if it's decided that it replaces xmms,
or is included in Extras. It even uses the Bluecurve xmms skin :-)

/Peter