[Pkg-audacious-maintainers] Bug#584962: Please provide audioscrobbler plugin again

[Chris Taylor]

Hi Artur,

On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 22:32:26 +0200
"Artur R. Czechowski" <arturcz at hell.pl> wrote:

> Package: audacious-plugins
> Version: 2.3-2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Hello,
> Please consider shipping audioscrobbler plugin again.
> BTW, I've already seen the comment for other bugs:
>     
>     Sorry, the scrobbler plugin has been removed from 2.3-1 since it
> proved unreliable.
> 
> and I would like to know some more details. I see only one bug
> proving it: #480268. It contains only two merit feedbacks and other
> people (including me) report that this plugin works for them.

The decision to remove the scrobbler plugin from Audacious was not made
by the Debian packaging team, it was made by Audacious' upstream
developers.

They removed it due to lack of maintenance, code quality, and for being
riddled with bugs. Due to these reasons, I support their decision.
Until it is fixed and maintained upstream, I will not support putting it
back into the Debian.

I apologize if this inconveniences anyone.

-Chris