clementine ebuild depends, unconditionnaly, from some "libechonest" which seems to be some online stuff. I'd rather have no information from me at all sent to internet. I'm no privacy zealot, but i think we really don't need internet for everything, especially not for just listening some music. Moreover, i'm not even sure this is still needed, echonest doesn't appear anywhere, not even in settings.
from what I understand echonest is used to provide info about artist,artist picture similar artist to display in the artist info tab. And it looks as it doesn't works (no more artist info for me) api key seems invalid $ clementine 11:49:13.800 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.800 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.800 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.800 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.800 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.801 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.801 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.818 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.820 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.820 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:13.821 WARN unknown QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI thread 11:49:20.913 DEBUG unknown "Error downloading http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/biographies?api_key=DFLFLJBUF4EGTXHIG&format=xml&name=AC%2FDC - server replied: Forbidden" 11:49:20.914 DEBUG unknown "Error downloading http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/images?api_key=DFLFLJBUF4EGTXHIG&format=xml&name=AC%2FDC - server replied: Forbidden" 11:49:20.914 DEBUG unknown "Error downloading http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/search?api_key=DFLFLJBUF4EGTXHIG&format=xml&name=AC%2FDC&limit=false&bucket=id:spotify - server replied: Forbidden" 11:49:20.914 DEBUG unknown "Error downloading http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/search?api_key=DFLFLJBUF4EGTXHIG&format=xml&name=AC%2FDC&limit=false&bucket=id:songkick - server replied: Forbidden" 11:49:20.915 DEBUG unknown "Error downloading http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/similar?api_key=DFLFLJBUF4EGTXHIG&format=xml&name=AC%2FDC&min_hotttnesss=0.5 - server replied: Forbidden" 11:49:20.915 DEBUG unknown "Error downloading http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/terms?api_key=DFLFLJBUF4EGTXHIG&format=xml&name=AC%2FDC&sort=frequency - server replied: Forbidden" using [I] media-sound/clementine Available versions: 1.2.3^t (~)1.2.3-r1^t (~)1.3.1-r1 **9999 {amazoncloud ayatana box cdda +dbus debug dropbox googledrive ipod lastfm mms moodbar mtp projectm pulseaudio seafile skydrive system-sqlite test ubuntu-one +udisks udisks_legacy vkontakte wiimote LINGUAS="af ar be bg bn br bs ca cs cy da de el en_CA en_GB eo es es_AR et eu fa fi fr ga gl he he_IL hi hr hu hy ia id is it ja ka kk ko lt lv mr ms my nb nl oc pa pl pt pt_BR ro ru si_LK sk sl sr sr@latin sv te tr tr_TR uk uz vi zh_CN zh_TW"} Installed versions: 1.3.1-r1(10:45:21 04/07/2016)(cdda dbus dropbox googledrive ipod lastfm mms moodbar mtp projectm pulseaudio udisks -amazoncloud -box -debug -skydrive -test -vkontakte -wiimote LINGUAS="en_GB es fr -af -ar -be -bg -bn -br -bs -ca -cs -cy -da -de -el -en_CA -eo -et -eu -fa -fi -ga -gl -he -he_IL -hi -hr -hu -hy -ia -id -is -it -ja -ka -kk -ko -lt -lv -mr -ms -my -nb -nl -oc -pa -pl -pt -pt_BR -ro -ru -si_LK -sk -sl -sr -sr@latin -sv -te -tr -tr_TR -uk -uz -vi -zh_CN -zh_TW") Homepage: http://www.clementine-player.org https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine Description: A modern music player and library organizer based on Amarok 1.4 and Qt4 [I] media-libs/libechonest Available versions: 2.0.2^t (~)2.2.0-r1(0/2.2)^t (~)2.3.0(0/2.3)^t (~)2.3.1(0/2.3)^t (~)2.3.1-r1(0/2.3)^t **9999(0/2.3)^t {+qt4 qt5} Installed versions: 2.3.1-r1^t(11:48:01 04/07/2016)(qt4 qt5) Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/libs/libechonest Description:
there is a bug about this (make echonest optional)for clementine making echonest optional: https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/issues/5384 but it looks lie echonest has been removed see Artist Info is broken because EchoNest shutdown: https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/issues/5416
The echonest support was already removed from the upstream and replaced with the search of information on the wikipedia. The backport of those patches will be quite messy, so I'd prefer to keep the current stable release as-is. The live ebuild already doesn't depend upon libechonest. Closing in two weeks if no further objections.
Created attachment 457442 [details, diff] clementine-1.3.1-libechonest_removal.patch Here's a backported patch which I am using since creation of this bug request. I'm all in favor of applying this patch. Please re-consider your decision.
ok, let it be so... https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/3246
commit 435d5fdb52747acb507a0cbc1fec3778110e0a37 Author: Alexander Golubev <fatzer2@gmail.com> Date: Mon Dec 26 23:23:30 2016 media-sound/clementine-1.3.1: drop echonest support Gentoo Bug: 573712 Thanks for the patch to Lars Wendler. Also rename the recently added patch 'clementine-chromaprint14' to meet gentoo patch naming suggestions. Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/3246
Sorry I was too quick in closing this bug...
