Brian Cameron wrote: > > Steve: > >> For followup, the dependencies can be seen here: >> http://publicsvn.songbirdnest.com/browser/vendor > > This sounds like a great project. Will it have any impact on any of the > other media programs we ship in Solaris (e.g. totem, rhythmbox)? Will > Songbird be a replacement for these programs, or a new program that > further augments the multimedia tools we offer? Hi Brian, Initially, since Songbird is still considered a developer preview (we plan a 1.0 user ready release in the spring), it would not be a replacement. It's video playback is not as sophisticated as Totem's, nor has it been in distribution for as long as rhythmbox (whether or not distribution time truly reflects maturity is another discussion :)). So for now, I think it would be a new program that further augments OpenSolaris' existing multimedia tools. > Some issues with the dependencies: > > - libgpod - Is this an optional dependency or a hard dependency. Since > this contains reverse engineered code from Apple, it might be some > work to OSR. Optional dependency for the iPod Sync extension. Without it, you won't be able to sync to iPods - but other functionality should be unfazed. > - sqlite - This is not a supported database by Sun, so it might be hard > to get this in. Not sure if it would be hard to make Songbird work > with an existing supported database instead. Ick, yeah it'll actually be quite hard to make it work with another database. This is the database library we use for all the library/metadata storage.
How hard is "hard" to get it in? > I know Irene Huang here at Sun is working to get some support for this > into Solaris for some other desktop programs, so you might want to > work with her on this. I've cc:ed her so you can see her email > address. Excellent. Thanks, we're looking forward to working with Irene and the rest of the Desktop group. Any expertise (especially Mozilla/XULRunner!) would be greatly appreciated. cheers, steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
