amarok and musicbrainz

[Derek Broughton]

Jesus Roncero wrote:

> On Monday, 5 de June de 2006 23:46, Jacob Rideout wrote:
>> you need to either download or compile libtunepimp to support mp3, try
>> apt-build if you want a simple solution or something like sudo apt-get
>> --build source libtunepimp. Dapper ships without mp3 support enabled
>> due to patent restrictions in the US
> 
> All right, I downloaded all the dependencies and the source, but do I need
> to change anything in the Makefile to enable mp3 support? Because I guess
> that, if I just compile it I'll get the same packages as dapper, right?
> 
Well, no, because dapper doesn't ship with MP3 support because of legal
issues.  But I have mp3 support (don't know if I can do what you're
asking - I haven't tried) without having compiled anything.  I'm afraid I
don't remember what I needed.

Incidentally, you asked if the mp3 libraries shouldn't be package
dependencies, and the answer is definitely "no".  Amarok works fine without
any MP3 support - it just doesn't work with mp3s.  There are many people
who, for philosophical reasons, won't use mp3s at all.
-- 
derek