Qt on OS X uses Growl for QSystemTrayIcon::ShowMessage(), according to the Qt documentation. It's accessible from the QtScript bindings in Amarok, although I was stumped by a similar issue displaying artwork. I think I can help with this, but I don't know Ruby. Let me know if I can help you.

Here's my QtScript js demo to get Growl notifications, which is mostly taken from the examples on the Amarok wiki page on scripting in 2.0:

Importer.loadQtBinding( "qt.core" );
function onTrackChanged() {
var track = Amarok.Engine.currentTrack();
var title = track.title;
var trackNumber = track.trackNumber;
var messageText = track.artist + '\n' + track.album + '\n' + track.year
+ '\n' + track.genre + '\n' + track.length + '\n' + track.score;
var messageTitle = trackNumber + " " + title;
var qsti = new QSystemTrayIcon( Amarok );
qsti.visible = true;
qsti.showMessage( messageTitle, messageText, 0, 100 );
}
Amarok.Engine.trackChanged.connect( onTrackChanged );


Instead of using Growl directly, would it be possible to bridge between KNotify and Growl the same way Galago is bridged?

I'll have to try it out next weekend...after all it's for me :D

gimme gimme gimme dmg with drag'n'drop amarok.app now pls pls pls

btw, would that be possible at al?

Still.

For the -compatibility-list error.

post-configure {
	reinplace "s|verstring\=|\ s:\${wl}:|g" ${worksrcpath}/libtool
}

ld is misbehavin' w/ gcc 4.2, complaining about the -compatibility_version flag so I need stream edit some port after configure executes.
Here's the error:

/usr/libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.2.1/ld: unknown flag: -compatibility_version

Here's the magic:

post-configure {
       system "sed -e '/verstring=/s/\${wl}//g' \
       < ${worksrcpath}/libtool > ${worksrcpath}/libtool2"        
       system "mv ${worksrcpath}/libtool2 ${worksrcpath}/libtool"
       system "chmod a+x  ${worksrcpath}/libtool"
}

Thank the cloud: http://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2008/Jul/msg00043.html

Hah! I like how at the end of submitting that letter it takes me to the contribution page. Sneaky bastards.

... you should stop worrying about going to hell and just do the right thing. Stop questioning God, stop asking for all the answers. Just have faith in Him. Faith that he'll let you know when he wants you to do something. Faith in His Salvation to save you from your wretched, miserable existence. Or faith that he'll keep looking after you and continue your prosperity. You really want to know that bad what God wants you to do Mr. Christian? Read the Bible. It's all there.

Chances are though, you won't want to do most of the things in there. Why should God repeatedly answer your "What do you want me to do?" queries when millennia of your ancestors, and even you, just ignore what is said afterward. I'd get exasperated at talking to all you unbelieving, unfaithful, ungrateful "christians" too. Luckily for you, God is love. He gets over your selfishness remarkably quickly and welcomes you back into the foal willingly. Provided you admit that you done wrong, ask to be let back in, and sincerely try to better.

Having that dream about being all alone and without God. Feeling like Jesus has forsaken you? Naaaah son. You got it all wrong. He died for you and your sins a long time ago. By going back to the same old you after you pledged yourself to him, placed yourself in his service, you forsook him. What you're feeling there kiddo, is guilt. Guilt because you know you haven't done right. If you're that concerned about being without God then work your butt off at making that an impossibility.

If you have any doubt, any at all, something's not right (with your soul?) and changes need to be made; behaviors modified; faith reaffirmed. Because if you think He's going to leave you when push comes to shove, you know that deep down inside, there's a reason for that. Stop whining, get rid of the reason(s) and take it one day at a time.

The Lord realizes, better than anyone, that you're not perfect, that you need help. He's not expecting a complete change overnight. You're going to have to work at it and that takes time. For some it takes more time than others. He's not just going to go flip some switch in your head and BOOM, you're a saint. If that's all there was to it, the allowance of free will would have been a pointless gesture.

As it stands, you have to actively work at it, actively choose to do right, to help others (even though you hate them). In doing so, you just might find yourself becoming a better person, and not feel like you're letting God down and are not worthy to be in His presence. That's what I think. But what do I know, I'm just the voice in your head; telling you what God wants you to do...

:( thats a shame, hopefully it will turn out for the best

When is release time as an estimate and whats the likelyhood of it being turned into a dmg?

does this mean, development for amarok on mac has stopped, I heard a rumour we would have a native release in the next couple of months any truth to this? And will it be nicely DMGized.