mplayer vs. xine

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:17:26 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> > Maybe jpackage.org should be included in your list.
> 
> What is it?  When I go there, I get:
> 
> ERROR : Unable to connect to the database: DB Error: connect failed
> Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/jpackage/www/func-db.inc on line 58

I would describe www.jpackage.org as *the* Java RPM packages resource.
  
>  -- I'd like to cut the number of required repositories
> to a minimum to lessen the likelihood of conflicts.

But for rpm.livna.org the fedora.us repository is a strict dependence,
because packages at livna.org are built upon packages from fedora.us (and
Fedora Core). Resolving the dependencies with packages from other
repositories may work, but is untested and unsupported. 

Mixing repositories in an unsupported way can create unresolvable
dependencies. A HOWTO should not recommend something like that.

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