Bug 14940 - Replace mpg123 with mpg321
Bug#: 14940 Product:  Gentoo Release Media Version: 2005.1 Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: eradicator@gentoo.org Reported By: mjr@ttllp.co.uk
Component: Everything
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Summary: Replace mpg123 with mpg321
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2003-02-01 21:08 0000
Description:   Opened: 2003-02-01 21:08 0000 
If it is possible, the non-free mpg123 could be replaces with the free mpg321. 
mpg321 allows run-time switching of output device and is also free for
commercial use.  Both of these are significant improvements over mpg123.  mpg123
licence says it "may not be sold for profit" which could cause CD resellers
problems.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

------- Comment #1 From J. Ellis 2003-05-28 08:26:33 0000 ------- 
If you do this take note of the hackery that i did on libao to make alsa output
work for mpg321. It has limited tested and zarro feedback.

------- Comment #2 From Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) 2003-08-09 17:50:26 0000 ------- 
mpg321 is now in the tree, but we will be keeping mpg123 too.

------- Comment #3 From Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) 2003-08-11 09:07:36 0000 ------- 
OK, the issue seems to be that mpg123 is "free for non-commercial use," so it's
not legally usable by some people. We should try to replace it with mpg321, and
make mpg123 an option. Reopening the bug.

------- Comment #4 From kyberneticist@yahoo.com 2003-09-30 10:52:25 0000 ------- 
I'd like to request that at least mpg123 and mpg321 use a common virtual
if mpg123 is going to be kept in portage then.
I have gentoo consistently trying to reemerge mpg123 when mpg321 properly
plays my mp3s and has a symlink to /usr/bin/mpg123 anyway.

------- Comment #5 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-02-12 04:06:12 0000 ------- 
It looks like the virtual is already in profiles/default/virtuals... 

But the mpg123 and mpg321 ebuilds haven't been updated to PROVIDE it.  Daniel, were you in the process of doing this a while ago?  Was there any reason for this discrepency?

------- Comment #6 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-02-15 12:47:50 0000 ------- 
No response... so I'm gonna take this bug...

------- Comment #7 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-02-15 14:00:33 0000 ------- 
ok, the PROVIDE's have been added to both packages... how should I handle
getting the virtual into all the ebuilds?  Should I do it myself, send mail to
individual maintainers, or just send a mail to -dev, hope for the best, and
check again in a week or so to see who listened?

------- Comment #8 From Jon Portnoy (RETIRED) 2004-02-15 14:41:58 0000 ------- 
Mailing -dev, then filing bugs against noncompliant packages in a week or so
would be a good idea.

------- Comment #9 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-02-23 10:57:43 0000 ------- 
The following packages still have media-sound/mpg123 references... my bad on
not updating the media-sound ones yet.  I'll update sound@g.o's packages first
then send out a reminder email...

kde-base/kdemultimedia
media-libs/openquicktime
media-libs/allegromp3
games-roguelike/falconseye
net-misc/liveice
net-misc/asterisk
media-sound/sulu
media-sound/waif
media-sound/cymbaline
media-sound/yammi
media-sound/mp32ogg
media-sound/apollo
media-sound/mpg123
media-sound/orpheus
app-cdr/k3b
app-cdr/burncenter
app-cdr/cdbakeoven
app-cdr/mp3burn
app-cdr/gtoaster
app-cdr/burncdda
app-cdr/simplecdrx

------- Comment #10 From Jeremy Huddleston (RETIRED) 2004-03-09 10:53:37 0000 ------- 
closing this bug... there's only one package left that needs to make the
transition, and it has a bug report...

------- Comment #11 From Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-10-31 07:18:56 0000 ------- 
I apologise for this bugspam, but I wish to close this product, so I need to
move all the bugs.