Bug#208647: [Tcd-hackers] Bug#208647: tcd should suggest cdindex-client

[Christoph Siess]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 07:51:32PM +0200, Roland Illig wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:58:02AM +0200, Christoph Siess wrote:
> > Package: tcd
> > Version: 2.1.0+20030720
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > 
> > Tcd searches for a cddb client for getting some informations about the
> > cd - so we need one installed - so simple :)
> 
> Well, that's right. But I would not ever recommend cdindex-client. It
> depends heavily on netscape and it not suitable for parsing. Second, the
> URL which is hardcoded into cdindex-client does not exist anymore.
> 
> I suggest that we write our own client code to query freedb.org for
> information about the CD. It seems to be almost trivial.

Hm isn't that some sort of reinventing the wheel?
On the other hand it might be some sort of fun to do so :)