#8982 NORM 8.2.1: separate mp3 player package for etoys?

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#8982: separate mp3 player package for etoys?
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           Reporter:  cjb             |       Owner:  etoys                    
               Type:  defect          |      Status:  new                      
           Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  8.2.1                    
          Component:  etoys-activity  |     Version:  not specified            
         Resolution:                  |    Keywords:  sound cjbfor9.1.0 8.2.1:+
        Next_action:  package         |    Verified:  0                        
Deployment_affected:  Uruguay         |   Blockedby:                           
           Blocking:                  |  
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Comment(by bert):

 Replying to [comment:15 garycmartin]:
 > So did Uruguay also customise their /usr/share/sugar/data/mime.defaults
 file to add the mp3 MIME type pointing to EToys? As a tester it's hard to
 realistically test this case as it's not clear what customisations were
 made (i.e in this case where can I download the MP3 plugin, and did they
 make changes to the default MIME file), or what additional changes they'll
 make to an 8.2 image.

 No, when the system still provided the mpeg plugin, the Etoys activity
 bundle simply declared to handle mp3 files. We removed that declaration
 when OLPC asked us to remove the plugin.

 To re-add that support the activity would have to declare it again, but it
 would only work if in fact the plugin is available. So here is a thought:

 Instead of adding the plugin to the system image, make an Etoys activity
 bundle that contains both the plugin and the declaration to handle mp3.
 That way we would not need a new rpm and also we would avoid the case that
 the bundle declares mp3 support without the plugin actually being
 installed.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/8982#comment:16>
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