[MPlayer-dev-eng] Bug#523842: I'd rather remove gmplayer from the mplayer package

[Reinhard Tartler]

Reinhard Tartler <siretart at tauware.de> writes:

> CC'ing mplayer-dev-eng for input.
>
> Context: We are currently discussing here the debian package of
> mplayer. The question is about mplayer-gui/gmpayer. Currently both gui
> and non-gui versions are shipped in the same package. Should the gui
> version of mplayer be included in the debian package at all, or only in
> a seperate package?
>
> Cesare Tirabassi <norsetto at ubuntu.com> writes:
>
>> With the current status of the gui as shipped by mplayer upstream (old,
>> buggy and unmaintained, mplayer upstream is actually recommending it to
>> not be distributed) and with the excellent standalone gui's we have
>> today (smplayer, kmplayer, gnome-mplayer, etc.) it really doesn't make
>> any sense to have the gui included in the mplayer package.
>> Instead of adding an mplayer-nogui package I think that it would really
>> makes sense to remove the gui from the mplayer package and, if really
>> deemed necessary, have an mplayer-gui (or gmplayer) package which
>> includes the deprecated gui.
>
> I think this is an interesting point.
>
> Diego, Andrea, how do you feel about that? We could save quite some
> depenendencies from the mplayer package by just dropping
> mplayer-gui/gmplayer.
>
> Is the state of mplayer-gui/gmplayer really that bad as Cesare suggests?


Could some upstream developer please comment on this? Should we just
drop the mplayer-gui from the debian package?

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