dropping -gui flavor from mplayer package

[Adrian Knoth]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:13:08PM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote:

> > Hm, my expectation is that I get a user interface when I install a
> > package that identifies itself as a media player. People who want to use
> >
> > Other opinions?
> 
> TBH, I don't see why a media player should need a gui by default.
> Espc. mplayer is usually used without gui IME.

I don't know how others use mplayer, but I've been typing

   mplayer -whatever /path/to/file

for years now, and I never felt the need for gmplayer or any other GUI,
but I'm sure I'm not the reference implementation of "Joe Average User"
;)

However, there's still VLC and smplayer for those who need a GUI.


Cheerio

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