Bug 200303

Summary:	Use packagekit to check for useful codecs
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Developers <amarok-bugs-dist>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	big.rasen
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
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Description Dotan Cohen 2009-07-15 14:37:29 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.2.96)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

It appears that Amarok is not using a desktop and distro independent way of installing codecs. If has been suggested on the *buntu bugtracker that Amarok should use packagekit to check for useful codecs instead of using update-notifier-kde to prompt for restricted codecs install.

See this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/346246

Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2009-07-15 14:38:59 UTC

*** Bug 189665 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Myriam Schweingruber 2009-07-15 20:43:22 UTC

Dotan, there is no way we  could do that, for obvious reasons: we don't make packages at all :). We provide the tarball of the application, it's up to the packagers of the distributions to provide the necessary codecs and links to get the codecs installed.

Comment 3 Dotan Cohen 2009-07-23 09:08:38 UTC

Thank you, Myriam. I am a bit confused as *buntu seems to insist that it is a KDE issue. Could you please take a look at the downstream bug and try to make sense of what they are saying? I would like to see this issue resolved, and the *buntu devs might just need a hint as to what they are doing wrong, or maybe you (or I if you tell me) can tell them why this is not KDE's responsibility. Thanks.

Comment 4 Mark Kretschmann 2009-07-25 09:50:48 UTC

FYI, we are also discussing this issue on our developer mailing list:

http://lists.kde.org/?t=124834372100001&r=1&w=2