Re: Debian Multimedia (Unofficial) Promotion
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Chris S. <cs.swenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> As a new Debian user, I believe I read the following document about
> multimedia codes:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs
>
> However, as noted on the following two pages, Debian does not appear to
> approve of www.debian-multimedia.org:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ#Common_issues
> http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=70719&f=13
>
> So why would the first page about codecs instruct users to add the
> www.debian-multimedia.org repository? Shouldn't this be avoided?
> Shouldn't Debian communicate the contrary on all pages?
I fully agree with your. I also believe that this inconsistency in the
Debian wiki does hurt here.
I've articulated my personal opinion here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/03/msg00151.html
> I just finished downgrading all of the packages that I had linked to
> debian-multimedia.org, and it was a painful and slow process. Not
> something I would wish on anyone. It started because I was innocently
> trying to install VLC and some other video software, and I ran into
> package conflicts with GNOME and several other packages.
Thank you for articulating the problems from a users perspective.
> So could we update the first link and remove the reference
> debian-multimedia.org? That would save newbie users like me from the
> pain of having to figure out why an innocent package in Stable conflicts
> with the entire GUI of the OS.
I'd appreciate any efforts to remove any implicit or explicit
endorsement of harmful repositories on the debian wiki.
--
regards,
Reinhard
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