Hi All -
Thanks for all the feedback on default music player. We have to nail this
down soon so if have any further feedback for the list, please send it now.
I want to take a final decision for Precise by Monday, November 21st.
Thanks everyone,
Jason
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Jason Warner <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> During the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit we discussed moving from Banshee
> back to Rhythmbox as the default music player for Ubuntu 12.04. No definitive
> decision has been taken yet (major default apps tend to have many integration
> points and broader discussions are needed before we can make that decision,
> such as the Thunderbird decision in Oneiric) as we need to kick off the
> further discussion.
>
> It was an interesting discussion overall and I wanted to reach out to the
> broader Ubuntu community to get further feedback. So, feel free to reply with
> your thoughts in this thread.
>
> For context, here are some of the discussion points.
>
> Areas of concern in Banshee were stability, start-up time, the overall
> resource intensive nature of the application and how responsive an upstream
> they were to Ubuntu specific needs. It was noted that Banshee is by far the
> better UI, but many people experienced significant issues in stability thus
> making it feel less usable.
>
> Areas of concern in Rhythmbox were U1 music integration, usability and how
> active an upstream they were. Most people in attendance felt that Rhymbox
> "just worked" but needed quite a bit of UI/usability work to make it a great
> default application choice.
>
> I would like to welcome further feedback on the proposal to move back to
> Rhythmbox here. Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Jason
>
>
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