On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 12:30 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > seth vidal wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 11:32 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote: > > > >> I have one minor concern here. Currently, codeina gives users a pointer to a > >> location where they can get codecs from, in the case where they aren't > >> supported within the Fedora repositories. While pointing people to Fluendo to > >> buy codec packs isn't exactly the greatest feature to preserve, we at least > >> offer a solution to folks following a clean install. So far as I can tell, > >> this PK solution does nothing for the user if they haven't already configured > >> a 3rd-party repository where the necessary codec might be available. *I* know > >> where to find that stuff and make this solution work as expected, but a new > >> user might not, meaning the search would fail, and they'd think there's no way > >> to play back their WMV crapola, complain loudly, etc., so this would be > >> something of a regression from F9, IMO. Of course, if there's actually > >> something in there that says "hey, you need to set up a 3rd-party repo and/or > >> you can get codecs from Fluendo", then no problem. > >> > > > > Which is, in fact, the whole point. > > Apparently not, based on Richard's reply. ;) Richard doesn't set fedora policy afaik. Nor do I, to be clear. > I agree that endorsing and encouraging non-free codec usage, particularly from > a 3rd-party charging money for them, is sub-optimal for a distro all about > Freedom. However, we got a big thumbs up when we started including Codeina, as > it makes life much easier for end-users, while also educating them a bit. If > we remove that, I think we're right back to everyone bitching about Fedora > being user-unfriendly wrt codecs. Which is the problem. I'd rather be free software-friendly, first. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
