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

[Robert Millan]

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.

Do we really need to? there are free libraries around, like libcddb:

http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/

-- 
Robert Millan

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