Ubuntu
mplayer package

mplayer depends on xmms

Bug #1090 reported by Xavier Amado
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mplayer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
MOTU

Bug Description

On hoary at least, mplayer-686 or -386 seem to be depending on xmms with no apparent reason

On hoary at least, mplayer-686 or -386 seem to be depending on xmms with no apparent reason. Last time I checked mplayer didn't depend on xmms at all, and I really don't want xmms on my box if there's beep-media-player. Sounds like a packaging problem to me.

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Uphaar Agrawalla (uphaar) wrote :

Confirmed, same with the -k6 package as well. mplayer doesn't need xmms, should be packaging error.

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Sean D. Quinn (seandq) wrote :

It is because XMMS is a fallback for mplayer. If mplayer cannot play a file, it tries it in xmms.

That is why XMMS is and will stay a dependency for mplayer.

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Xavier Amado (xamado) wrote :

It should use it if it's installed, and suggest it, but fully depending on it is definetly bad packaging thought.

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Uphaar Agrawalla (uphaar) wrote :

I wasn't aware of mplayer needing xmms as backup.

But I agree with Xavier - it should suggest xmms, not force the user to install xmms.

Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in mplayer:
assignee: nobody → motu
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Benjamin Montgomery (bmonty) wrote :

mplayer build depends on xmms-dev which causes the binaries to install depend on xmms. Removing the build depend will break mplayer being able to interact with xmms.

Changed in mplayer:
status: New → Rejected
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