Am Donnerstag, den 18.08.2005, 11:42 +0100 schrieb Paul F. Johnon:
> Someone pointed out that xine-lib (non-free) was missing and I
commented
> that this may not be an issue for newer versions of KDE (in Fedora)
> because it looks like KDE will be moving to gstreamer.
And if FC keeps up with this (almost) insane blocking of the likes of
libdvd and mp3, they'll be as pointless as totem currently is.
Would it be an idea for the likes of the packages FC cannot include in
the US to be available in countries where they are allowed, but have it
so US people can block them? At least that way, when I (in the UK)
install FC, I don't have to go on a hunt for xmms-mp3 and then use
freshrpms for xine.
I would prefer something like:
"Hey, get this super cool Fedora Add-on-CD with Non-Free-Packages from
livna.org -- just put it in your drive after installing Fedora and all
important Non-Free-Software is going to be installed".
It's a real ache to have to go hunting, especially when the likes
of
SuSE and Mandriva don't put that sort of stopper on things.
In Suse 9.3 only real-player is able to play MP3 -- you have to hunt for
MP3-Support in other Apps (totem, KDE,...) there, too. (Yes, I know,
they provide it on their own website -- but installing it is not more
complicated than "rpm -ivh livna-release-1.2.3.rpm" and "yum install
xmms-mp3 xine mplayer" [or similar commands for other Repos]).
CU
thl