Please Backport Audacious

[Cyril Lavier]

On 06/19/2011 04:14 PM, rent0n wrote:
> On 16/06/11 17:47, Cyril Lavier wrote:
>> On 06/16/2011 05:47 PM, rent0n wrote:
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Would anybody be interested in backporting 'audacious' and
>>> 'audacious-plugins' from testing to Squeeze?
>>>
>>> I don't think Audacious needs any presentation, being one of the most
>>> used and loved music players.
>>> The testing version (2.4,4) brings some very nice improvements and new
>>> features over 2.3. Plus, it also fix some very annoying bugs.
>>>
>>> Volunteers?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> For this purpose, I've added the Debian Multimedia Maintainers list,
>> maybe somebody will be available to fulfill your request.
>>
>> Also, there is a 2.5.1 released mid may, and an alpha released few days
>> ago. Maybe it will make more sense to wait until the 2.5.1 is uploaded
>> to testing to think about a backport. I also think the packaging team is
>> focused on including the 3.0 release in testing.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for cc'ing the Debian Multimedia Maintainers list, I guess 
> there might be some folks interested in backporting Audacious there.
>
> I see your point, waiting for 2.5 could make sense, but in my view 2.4 
> is already a big improvement over 2.3 and has the advantage of being 
> already in testing, ready to be backported.
>
> So, if anyone's interested, please raise your hand, having 2.4 in 
> Squeeze would be great!
>
> Thanks,
>
Hi.

If there is nobody from the Debian Multimedia Maintainers team which is 
interested. I may fill the void, and try to do some work on the backport.

Thanks.