Josh Saddler wrote:

> Please don't remove it, and don't replace it with xmms2. There are far too many
> media type plugins that work for xmms that audacious and similar players can't
> handle. Also, will xmms plugins even work in xmms2? And isn't xmms2 still a
> command line-only application? Not what users need or want. Perhaps the most
> compelling reason to keep xmms around and *not* use xmms2 is the one you just made:

> Can you provide a list of open fairly important bugs for xmms that provide good
> examples of why you don't want to maintain it? Just so we can see your reasoning.

So go maintain it - a quick list of bugs awaiting your love:

http://tinyurl.com/fbekn

Even if you do, I'd still love this to go away from the main tree to
some overlay.

> You may think xmms is obsolete, but it has a pretty decent niche among the
> available player choices; 

It's broken like hell (see above) and it's a huge PITA to maintain a
thing that's completely dead upstream.

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