On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 19:22 -0400, gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Since I wanted to make sure I'd have all components needed to have a > nice working MPlayer system, I just installed pretty much everything > that was suggested. Had I looked more closely, I would have deselected > anything with the name xmms in it because I knew how much trouble xmms > has meant to me in the past. But a pure newbie wouldn't know. So, IMO, > Pirut shouldn't suggest to install xmms when installing Mplayer. The system can't really make magic decisions that a user is doing something dumb, e.g. wildcarding, in a too simplistic manner. Users need to learn not to do wildcarding without due care. Usually, they learn that through committing mistakes. *You* asked for it, you got it. It's not its fault. When I install/update something that offers to install other things, at the same time. I check out what's being offered, first. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
