dropping -gui flavor from mplayer package

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Di, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:00:45 (CET), Fabian Greffrath wrote:

> Am 25.01.2010 18:20, schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
>> I don't think that a "general" mplayer installation needs a gui by
>> default. Placing "smplayer | mplayer-gui" in Recommends would do exactly
>> that for new installations.  Therefore I think we should declare the
>> dependency exactly like Fabian suggests, but place it in Suggests of the
>> 'mplayer' package instead.
>
> Hm, my expectation is that I get a user interface when I install a
> package that identifies itself as a media player. People who want to use
> mplayer for streaming or prefer other frontends can still remove the
> default gui. but generally I still think a media player needs a gui by
> default.
>
> Other opinions?

TBH, I don't see why a media player should need a gui by default.
Espc. mplayer is usually used without gui IME.

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