Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 18:15:48 -0700 From: John Hixson <john@ixsystems.com> To: John Prather <john.c.prather@gmail.com> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports/151371: New Port: audio/pithos GNOME Pandora player Message-ID: <A3B0CC01-4535-4BB7-A214-CD704CEC1EFD@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim%2Bk496pUm8_h5dnEdFpivnnj_puA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201010101809.o9AI9xfj024136@www.freebsd.org> <BANLkTim%2Bk496pUm8_h5dnEdFpivnnj_puA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi John, I would be happy to dig back into this port. I simply forgot about it since I= have been using pianobar =3D-) never the less, I'll look at it again and re= -submit. - John Sent from my iPhone On May 5, 2011, at 5:50 PM, John Prather <john.c.prather@gmail.com> wrote: > John / Community, >=20 > I'm a huge fan of pithos (namely because adobe air is not available > for FreeBSD to run the official pandora desktop client), and was > somewhat disappointed that PR ports/151371 ended up being closed > without getting corrected and committed. >=20 > I had a far simpler version of a pithos port which I almost submitted > back in December, before John beat me to the chase with a more complex > one. I've updated it to current 0.3.8 r162, and would be happy to > submit it as another new port request, however I believe that might be > a bit of a kneejerk reaction. >=20 > 1) I have no python skills, it's a miracle I even put together a port > for this which works. > 2) I have an extremely weak understanding of gnome/kde .desktop files > 3) There are patches in this PR which I don't understand, due to #1 and #2= . > 4) I don't want to submit my super basic port without including the > hard work John put into his attempt in it, but that's hard due to #3. > 5) It's likely john@pcbsd.org may be a more competent maintainer for > this port than I would be, given the above, especially #1. >=20 > If John Hixson, or for that matter, anybody else in the community who > is more familiar with these things than I, has interest in pursuing > getting pithos easily available on the FreeBSD desktop, I would be > happy to share what I have and let this rest in the hands of somebody > less likely to get stumped by some python issue in future releases. >=20 > If I don't get a response, I'll probably eventually just submit what > I've got put together, since a basic pithos port seems better to me > than none at all. >=20 > What I have together right now for 0.3.8r162 is available for review at: >=20 > http://interwebfun.org/pithos.shar.txt >=20 > Hasn't been through tinderbox since I've tweaked it, but seems to > build, install, and deinstall without any issues. >=20 > Any interest? >=20 >=20 > -john
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