| Eric Wong 2004-09-04, 5:51 pm |
| Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.6.1.1
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
I'd like to get `mpd-client' added to the virtual package list at:
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging...-names-list.txt
Currently, mpc is the only[1] package in Debian that provides mpd-client,
but I maintain several other mpd-client packages[2]. mpd is the package
that programs providing mpd-client like mpc interact with.
The mpd protocol is well-documented, stable[3], and supported by
many client applications. Upstream has plans to file an RFC it in the
future, most likely after mpd 1.0 has standardized.
A description of the protocol is available here:
https://theory5.chem.pitt.edu/svn/m...nk/doc/COMMANDS
A high-level overview of what mpd does and how clients work is available
at both the upstream homepage at http://www.MusicPD.org and
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/mpd
Footnotes:
1 - mpdcon.app should provide mpd-client, too. I'll be filing a wishlist
bug against that right away.
2 - still seeking sponsors willing to understand CDBS. I may eventually
repackage some of them using my own build system (or any build system of
a potential sponsor's choice, I understand them all  after I get mpd
fully working on my ipod (running ucLinux).
http://des.petta-tech.bogomips.org/...usicPD/releases
3 - old, unmaintained clients like gtk2mp continue to work after being
abandoned (no, I didn't make the deb package for that and I'm not asking
for it to be sponsored into Debian).
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Eric Wong
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