Hello, sqlite is really no problem. You can use sqlite from SFE. I use it from time to time and it's working great on OpenSolaris.
Petr 2007/11/13, Stephen Lau <stevel at opensolaris.org>: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20071113/cb156ca6/attachment.html>
