On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Chris S. <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 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. > > 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. > > Thank you for considering my input. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk9kHX0ACgkQIZkx3dzEh22z5gCggbYg9XKnzGfmz1BydAbd/7pb > aWUAoIDpXrvkvvm8a97odkUcjseHTXWg > =MMvb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >
Here's my first try at writing better documentation about installing extra multimedia codecs. Takes away the need for installing the deb line to apt. http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs -- ~ Andres -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAPM41nMM4CGx_U17OT00xHr7cjo=9qckoqvnlbf0a3wja1q...@mail.gmail.com
