Re: Reasons for not including MPlayer in main repository?

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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> Given that mplayer is already available in rpmfusion, I do not think
> there is any merit in packaging a stripped version in Fedora, as it
> would cause a conflict with rpmfusion.
>
> I would argue that your energy might be better spent on properly
> modularizing the codec support in mplayer, but having dealt with that
> upstream in the past, I suspect your energy might be better spent not
> working on mplayer at all.
>

These might be true. However there is no policy in Fedora to prohibit
packaging a legally acceptable version of mplayer.

Stefan asks the question "How?" but you are giving an advise by
answering the question "Should I?" or "Is it worth?". I am sure that
if Stefan needed this advise he would have asked for it.

So... "How?"

Orcan
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