Bug#886369: easytag: remove mentioned OGG support from package description

[Bruno Kleinert]

Am Donnerstag, den 04.01.2018, 23:32 +0000 schrieb James Cowgill:
> Package: easytag
> Version: 2.4.3-2
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
> X-Debbugs-CC: Bruno Kleinert <fuddl at debian.org>
> Control: submitter -1 Bruno Kleinert <fuddl at debian.org>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 04/01/18 12:02, Bruno Kleinert wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, den 03.01.2018, 16:50 +0000 schrieb James Cowgill:
> > > Control: clone -1 -2
> > > Control: notfound -2 2.4.3-1
> > > Control: found -2 2.4.3-2
> > > Control: severity -2 normal
> > > Control: tags -2 - pending
> > > Control: retitle -2 easytag: re-enable ogg after corruption bug
> > > is
> > > fixed
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On 16/02/17 01:02, Samuele Battarra wrote:
> > > > Package: easytag
> > > > Version: 2.4.3-1
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > > 
> > > > Dear Maintainer,
> > > > I have a ogg file encoded from a live cd, I split it to single
> > > > tracks with oggsplt and then tag the tracks with easytag.
> > > > When I play the files I hear a click at file change.
> > > > The click is not present in files before the tagging and if I
> > > > tag
> > > > with kid3.
> > > 
> > > As you might have noticed, I have decided that the best way to
> > > fix
> > > this
> > > is to disable support for OGG and related media types in easytag
> > > for
> > > the
> > > time being. Solving this bug is apparently quite complex and
> > > while
> > > the
> > > upstream bug has been open for over a year, there has not been
> > > much
> > > progress on it. I think it is better to have some version in
> > > buster
> > > (which does not mangle your media files) than nothing at all.
> > > 
> > > I have cloned this bug to remind me to re-enable ogg support once
> > > the
> > > corruption bug is fixed.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> > 
> > Hi James,
> > 
> > I suggest to remove the mentioned OGG support from the description
> > of
> > the package for the time being, and suggest alternative packages to
> > users instead. Feel free to use and adapt the attached patch!
> 
> Yes I overlooked altering the package description to remove mentions
> of
> ogg. I'm not sure the description is the right place to be suggesting
> alternative packages though.
> 
> James

Since upstream [1] lists OGG support and it's explicitly disabled in
the Debian package, I think it's helpful for users to put a remark in
the package description. My first thought was to put alternatives into
the list of suggested packages. Though, since the alternative
suggestions are in the context of temporarily disabled OGG support, I
refrained from adding the suggests field. That just were my thoughts.

Cheers - Fuddl

[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EasyTAG
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