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banshee package

last.fm is no longer free (beer), remove from banshee

Bug #421889 reported by Duncan Lithgow
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Banshee
Won't Fix
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banshee (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: banshee

ubuntu 9.04
banshee 1.4.3-3ubuntu2

the last.fm radio streaming service is no longer free worldwide <http://blog.last.fm/2009/03/24/lastfm-radio-announcement>. Only free in USA, UK and Germany.

therefore bashee needs to change to offer last.fm integration as an option, not automatically assume users want this integration.

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Changed in banshee:
status: Unknown → New
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Sergey Sventitski (sergey-sventitski-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

i agree with that

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Michael Martin-Smucker (mmartinsmucker) wrote :

Like most things in Banshee, Last.FM support is available via a plugin that can easily be turned off. It really sucks that Last.fm radio doesn't work for a majority of the world anymore, but there's no reason to take perfectly good functionality away from the people who do have working Last.fm.

I also wouldn't recommend disabling the plugin by default either, because I'm fairly sure that this plugin also provides scrobbling support, which even users outside of the US, UK, and Germany may find useful.

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Iain Lane (laney) wrote :

Thanks for your report, but we won't deviate from upstream on this.

Changed in banshee (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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Changed in banshee:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: New → Won't Fix
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