Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
Rahul,
if my memory is not failing, some packages appeared first in ATrpms
than if Fedora (livna/rpmfusion): xvidcap, xzgv, xv, etc. I am not
discussing
if these packages are useful or not. The fedora version of xzgv was
never able
to display the thumbnails correctly, for instance. Why? Because it has
to be compiled with
gcc3.
Was there a bug report filed on this? Again, when problems are in a
repository, working together to fix the problem is more of a benefit,
compared to have alternative fixed versions in a place, where majority
of end users won't benefit from it. If maintainers don't have time,
step-in and become co-maintainers and fix the problems instead.
But the only reason for the existence of a 3rd party repo is a
multimedia package.
Almost all of them are based on ffmpeg, which is obtained from svn.
Therefore,
it is very difficult to have compatible packages, since ffmpeg API
changes very often.
You just one single repository for patent encumbered multimedia and
other things Fedora won't carry. You don't many many conflicting
repositories for this.
Again, I understand the license issue,
but it would be much more
appropriate if Fedora did not supply it at all (I think a gstreamer
solution only would be preferable).
But this is my opinion only.
Your opinion doesn't take into consideration why xine-lib is in the
repository in the first place. Xine as a multimedia framework is a
dependency on many many packages in the repository including KDE and
Miro. Excluding xine-lib means, you have to exclude a whole lot of
others from the repository as well. Try running repoquery on xine-lib
for a entire list.
Besides, the xine-lib package in Fedora is carefully coordinated, often
by the same maintainer to work with a single third party repository.
Others when they have conflicting packages, create problems for end
users which is reflected in the current discussions.
The only thing I cannot put up with is discrimination. For several years
I have seen
some people, in Fedora lists, execrating Axel. However, the thing came
to a point
that I can not stand anymore. When the subject changes from technical to
personal,
there is nothing else to be said.
This type of behavior, when tolerated, works as "low (level) pass
filter", and implies,
by omission, in a consent of the community.
You would note that, many people including myself did oppose personal
attacks and will continue to do so. Generalizations are not appropriate.
Rahul
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