With the release of the first Beta of Amarok 2 I think it would not be a bad idea to pool all our comments into one forum.

I've run into a few problems and before I go and file a bug report it might be good to ask other beta users. Maybe it's just a missing (or removed) feature or perhaps my poor configuration.

Well you can use the existing forum, just mention what version you are using. This is always a good idea

Eventually though, separate boards on this forum for Amarok 2 on Linux, Windows and OS X wouldn't be a bad idea! That would sort the people who pay attention from those who can't tell what OS they're using

I think it's time.

No point now - with the suspension of development on Amarok 1.4, Amarok 2.x will be the only version actively supported.

There's a large body of support material for 1.4 here that is very useful for most issues that arise, and we've discovered that in general, Amarok users ARE intelligent enough to provide version information (in some cases, eventually!).

Having two forums will not stop people posting requests for assistance on the wrong one, and will only cause frustration at having to constantly tell people to post on the *other* forum.

dangle_wtf wrote:No point now - with the suspension of development on Amarok 1.4, Amarok 2.x will be the only version actively supported.

There's a large body of support material for 1.4 here that is very useful for most issues that arise, and we've discovered that in general, Amarok users ARE intelligent enough to provide version information (in some cases, eventually!).

Having two forums will not stop people posting requests for assistance on the wrong one, and will only cause frustration at having to constantly tell people to post on the *other* forum.

Yeah, I agree with this.

And what about the seperation between Windows, Linux and MacOS?

Boni wrote:And what about the seperation between Windows, Linux and MacOS?

That's debatable as well. You see, technically all Amarok "ports" are the same program (same code base), with only minimal modifications. The only things that really differ are e.g. the Phonon audio backends.

So technically, most problems with e.g. the Linux version of Amarok 2, would also affect OSX and Windows users, except things like installing.

Mark Kretschmann wrote:

Boni wrote:And what about the seperation between Windows, Linux and MacOS?

That's debatable as well. You see, technically all Amarok "ports" are the same program (same code base), with only minimal modifications. The only things that really differ are e.g. the Phonon audio backends.

So technically, most problems with e.g. the Linux version of Amarok 2, would also affect OSX and Windows users, except things like installing.

AND it encourages people to think a little more before posting

(well, for the most part. I'm sure we'll still get people going off half-cocked in the wrong threads simply because they didn't see a critical piece of information!)