#1149121 ITP: argos -- Front-end for Mopidy music server

#1149121#5
Date:
2026-09-26 23:03:03 UTC
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To:
* Package name    : argos
  Version         : 1.19.2
  Upstream Contact: Matthias Meulien <orontee@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/orontee/argos
* License         : GPL-3+
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Front-end for Mopidy music server

lightweight GTK client for the Mopidy music server

Argos is a graphical front-end for Mopidy, an extensible music server. 

Key features are:

 * playback state and tracklist view
 * volume control (depending on the mixer configuration of the server)
 * library browser
 * viewing and editing of playlists exposed by Mopidy-M3U
 * playing any stream supported by Mopidy-Stream
 * abstracts of album and artist pages from Wikipedia (based on
   MusicBrainz identifiers)

It targets both the GNOME desktop and single-board computers with a
small touchscreen.

Mopidy is already packaged in Debian, but there is currently no native
graphical client; users must rely on MPDclients through Mopid-MPD
or web interfaces. Argos is also available on Flathub, but Flatpak
does not support armhf, which is a common architecture for the
Raspberry Pi devices often used to run Mopidy.

It's a mature and actively maintained. The application is known
in the community of Mopidy users. I am its upstream author and
use it daily. It is not a dependency of other packages.

I plan to maintain it within the Debian Python Team. The packaging is
available at https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/argos.
I am looking for a sponsor.

#1149121#10
Date:
2026-10-10 08:57:32 UTC
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To:
This is an automated message from the Debian DFSG, Licensing & New
Packages Team.

The Debian NEW review of argos 1.19.5-1 has been completed.

Decision: ACCEPTED
Reviewer: Andrew McMillan

Review comment:

Hi,

One very minor issue.  debian/watch is an old version (4). While this is still supported, the conversion is trivial.

```
Version: 5

Source: https://github.com/orontee/argos.git
Matching-Pattern: refs/tags/v?(\d[\d.]*)
Mode: git
Pgpmode: gittag
```

Thanks!

Full review details: https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/argos

#1149121#15
Date:
2026-10-10 09:00:16 UTC
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To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
argos, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1149121@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Matthias Meulien <orontee@gmail.com> (supplier of updated argos package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:35:20 +0200
Source: argos
Binary: argos
Architecture: source all
Version: 1.19.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Python Team <team+python@tracker.debian.org>
Changed-By: Matthias Meulien <orontee@gmail.com>
Description:
 argos      - lightweight GTK client for the Mopidy music server
Closes: 1149121
Changes:
 argos (1.19.5-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial release (Closes: #1149121)
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