I guess taglib is developed by the amarok devs, too. So I'm asking this question here Why is taglib extras splitted from taglib? It seems to be a small package.

It's not.  It was split from Amarok.

To allow others to use taglib-extras without requiring amarok.

dangle_wtf wrote:To allow others to use taglib-extras without requiring amarok.

Exactly. Plus, it allows others to help maintain it, which takes away a great burden from us.

dangle_wtf wrote:To allow others to use taglib-extras without requiring amarok.

Huh? It's possible to use taglib without amarok, isn't it? So why is taglib-extras not part of taglib? I can't find any official sources of taglib-extras, so I have to use the svn version?

thenktor wrote:So why is taglib-extras not part of taglib? I can't find any official sources of taglib-extras, so I have to use the svn version?

taglib-extras handles proprietary file formats. And what else than source code is the SVN in your opinion? You should ask your distro to provide packages for it.

Mamarok wrote:

thenktor wrote:So why is taglib-extras not part of taglib? I can't find any official sources of taglib-extras, so I have to use the svn version?

taglib-extras handles proprietary file formats. And what else than source code is the SVN in your opinion? You should ask your distro to provide packages for it.

OK, that makes things more clear.
I'll have to package it for Zenwalk Linux. This is why I ask for it And this leads to the next question: taglib 1.5 is quite old now. Should I package the svn version, too?

thenktor wrote:

dangle_wtf wrote:To allow others to use taglib-extras without requiring amarok.

I can't find any official sources of taglib-extras, so I have to use the svn version?

http://kollide.net/~jefferai/taglib-extras-1.0.1.tar.gz

Mark Kretschmann wrote:http://www.jefferai.com/taglib-extras/t ... 1.2.tar.gz

Thanks guys. But now I've used the svn version. Package and buildscript for Zenwalk/Slackware is available here:
http://thenktor.dyndns.org/packages/taglib-extras/

Mark Kretschmann wrote:

http://www.jefferai.com/taglib-extras/t ... 1.2.tar.gz

That returns a 404

imported-jfarrar wrote:

Mark Kretschmann wrote:

http://www.jefferai.com/taglib-extras/t ... 1.2.tar.gz

That returns a 404

Could you please provide taglib-extras source archive for download?
Pkgbuild spec-based build systems rely on an upstream source tarball
and the URL above is not available and probably outdated.

Because its outdated and no more available, try this one:

http://www.kollide.net/~jefferai/taglib ... 1.6.tar.gz

Thanks for the fast reply and URL!