On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Chris S. <[email protected]> wrote: > As a new Debian user, I believe I read the following document about > multimedia codes: > > http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs > > However, as noted on the following two pages, Debian does not appear to > approve of www.debian-multimedia.org: > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ#Common_issues > http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=70719&f=13 > > So why would the first page about codecs instruct users to add the > www.debian-multimedia.org repository? Shouldn't this be avoided? > Shouldn't Debian communicate the contrary on all pages?
I fully agree with your. I also believe that this inconsistency in the Debian wiki does hurt here. I've articulated my personal opinion here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/03/msg00151.html > I just finished downgrading all of the packages that I had linked to > debian-multimedia.org, and it was a painful and slow process. Not > something I would wish on anyone. It started because I was innocently > trying to install VLC and some other video software, and I ran into > package conflicts with GNOME and several other packages. Thank you for articulating the problems from a users perspective. > So could we update the first link and remove the reference > debian-multimedia.org? That would save newbie users like me from the > pain of having to figure out why an innocent package in Stable conflicts > with the entire GUI of the OS. I'd appreciate any efforts to remove any implicit or explicit endorsement of harmful repositories on the debian wiki. -- regards, Reinhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJ0cceaR0NUSaEFmFzW36=ovcxkgbderszkvroegfs_vxay...@mail.gmail.com
