[desktop-discuss] Songbird port to OpenSolaris project proposal

[Brian Cameron]

Steve:

> For followup, the dependencies can be seen here:
> http://publicsvn.songbirdnest.com/browser/vendor

This sounds like a great project.  Will it have any impact on any of the
other media programs we ship in Solaris (e.g. totem, rhythmbox)?  Will
Songbird be a replacement for these programs, or a new program that
further augments the multimedia tools we offer?

Some issues with the dependencies:

- libgpod - Is this an optional dependency or a hard dependency.  Since
   this contains reverse engineered code from Apple, it might be some
   work to OSR.

- sqlite - This is not a supported database by Sun, so it might be hard
   to get this in.  Not sure if it would be hard to make Songbird work
   with an existing supported database instead.

   I know Irene Huang here at Sun is working to get some support for this
   into Solaris for some other desktop programs, so you might want to
   work with her on this.  I've cc:ed her so you can see her email
   address.

Brian