Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Review

[Nicu Buculei]

Patrick Barnes wrote:
> I think the appropriate way to allow migration is simple:
> 
> Instead of the generic "No MP3 here" message, point to a URL on the wiki.  
> This URL can detail why we don't have MP3, what the alternatives are, and 
> where they can look for more information about MP3 on Fedora.  We are very 
> limited in the wording we can use, and we can't provide direct information to 
> give people MP3 support, but we can point them to third-part sites that have 
> that information.

I think i have a better proposal: install a stub plugin for GStreamer 
(just like the stub used in XMMS back then mp3 support was removed in 
the first time).
This stub would show a window with a short message stating mp3 support 
is not available, recommending ogg and having two links: one to the 
ForbiddenItems page in the wiki and another to Fluendo, which offer a 
free and legal plugin for playing mp3 files (that plugin is not free 
enough to be included in the distro but free enough to be recommended).

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