I see that SL includes the xmms-mp3 package which provides mp3 support not 
included in RHEL.

I wonder whether it would be possible to switch on mp3 support in kde too 
(which was disabled by RH). This only needs a one-line change in the spec 
file:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
--- kdemultimedia.spec~ 2004-10-16 22:17:24.000000000 +0100
+++ kdemultimedia.spec  2005-06-22 17:31:58.946848109 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  %define final 0

  # support mp3
-%define build_mpeglib 0
+%define build_mpeglib 1

  %define my_vendor kde

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In addition RedHat switches off the bytecode interpreter of the freetype 
package, making fonts which don't look very nice. Would SL consider 
switching it on in its packages?? It's only another one line change:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
--- freetype.spec~      2004-08-04 21:42:33.000000000 +0100
+++ freetype.spec       2005-06-22 17:33:37.321932458 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
  # Disables freetype 1 and 2 bytecode interpreter.  Setting to 0 enables
  # the bytecode interpreter in both freetype 1 and 2.
-%define without_bytecode_interpreter    1
+%define without_bytecode_interpreter    0

  %define with_freetype1 1

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Thanks

Jeremy

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