On Tuesday 27 January 2009 18:35:07 Damian wrote: > > I almost forgot - trying to emerge amarok2.0.1.1 is almost guaranteed to > > fail due to the amarok devs have no clue as to how mysql is built, plus > > other errors: > > Indeed. I think it's time for me to drop one more kde app. > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238487 > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250870
I'm sorely tempted to do the same. amarok-2.0.1.1 does eventually compile if you: build mysql or mysql-community with USE="embedded -minimal" then build amarok But it just feels ... clunky. The big content panel in the middle is awkward: There's no way I can find to tell amarok which applet you want to go where, with multiple panes in use the animation effect to switch from one to the other is non-intuitive. Eventually by zooming the whole thing out you can see it's 4 panes arranged 2x2 and the animation simulates moving from one to another. But it doesn't *tell* you it's laid out like that so the random motion looks weird. The "last played" display switches back and forth between a "name with cover art" format and a long black oval just like the applet selector. Um, which is it supposed to be? And many many other quirks, too many to mention. As a player, it plays OK - sound does come out of the speakers. But players are commodity apps these days. Dump one, use another, easy peasy. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
