FFe: sync panflute from Debian to replace music-applet

It's past feature freeze, so panflute may not be in the Maverick release. Subscribing the release deciders.

Is there any strong reason why we should add this package at this point in the release cycle? Could you please provide more information?

If there is no strong reason for it I recommend getting panflute through backports once Maverick+1 is open for development.

If Maverick release will be out without panflute, let's bring back music-applet package, which was in previous releases, have a good history and removed only because of panflute inclusion.
Without it this will be a clear regression from previous release.
Must I file separate bug for this?

Bringing back music-applet would definitely be a bad idea. Panflute
will be automatically synced from Sid when Maverick+1 is open for
development and I don't want to have 2 packages which do the same
thing in the archive.

The main reason I'm inclined to reject this is because I doubt that you
will find an archive admin who has time to review new packages. Well,
I must say that the review would not be so in-depth as the package is
already present in Debian.

The package could be easily backported to Maverick once it lands in
Maverick+1.

Having said that, I would like to know how important this package is
for our release. Couldn't this wait till it's backported?

Iulian

But in Maverick+1 music-applet can be removed as it done in Maverick, so no double packages will be present.

This is not a showstopper for release and ppa available for people that need it badly.
Only ordinary people left without music player control from panel for half-a-year.

Reviewing new packages from Debian is not a major effort. I can do it if you determine we should have it.
Scott Kitterman

I have no objections getting it in should you volunteer to review it.

Iulian

FFe is approved. Setting back to new for sponsor review.

Sync Request ACK'd

2010-09-07 08:02:12 INFO - <panflute_0.6.2.orig.tar.gz: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>
[Updating] panflute (None [Ubuntu] < 0.6.2-1 [Debian])
 * Trying to add panflute...
2010-09-07 08:02:12 INFO - <panflute_0.6.2-1.debian.tar.gz: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>
2010-09-07 08:02:12 INFO - <panflute_0.6.2-1.dsc: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>