On 14/12/13 16:19, Richard Elkins wrote:
Elfy,
I agree with you about "Extras" (barely bother....."). However, a
newbie following forum advice about how to get the latest
DVD/CSS/Java/whatever might install ubuntu-restricted-extras and get a
404. That is a lousy way of finding out no-can-do, yes? It's also a
weird surprise for non-newbies.
Assumption: ubuntu-restricted-extras will eventually be permitted for a
given release. True?
My (cheap) suggestion, then, would be one of the following:
1 - Clone the Extras from the previous release (Saucy, in this case).
2 - If Extras are not yet desirable during a testing cycle, create an
empty Extras repo.
3 - If Extras are not yet desirable during a testing cycle, create
ubuntu-restricted-extras in the testing repo that simply causes a simple
notification to that effect to be shown during installation attempts.
I don't care which approach is used or another one that I haven't
thought of. I just do not like errno=2 or 404 surprises.
Richard
*-restricted-extras is in Multiverse.
Extra's is things like acroread -
http://askubuntu.com/questions/60120/what-kind-of-content-is-in-the-canonical-partners-repository-is-it-as-secure
Dealing with any of your suggestions wouldn't be anything that we can do.
Elfy
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