On 10/03/2012 11:14, Thomas Goirand wrote:
In where? Stable? SID? Backports? FYI, you can check all of this easily by yourself using packages.debian.org. Or are you trying to make the point that Debian has outdated packages?
I ask you a question: what are the version of the packeges in debian unstable and in debian-multimedia.org trying to be factual. I know the answer, I just would like someone from debian to write it down ;-)
I know the version already yes. And yes debian is completely outdated.
Or even better: consider helping yourself. I don't think that the debian multimedia maintainers ever refused help.
I do help the people providing the packages I need and currently its debian-multimedia.
Have you heard of raspberrypi, cubox, spark, that are making the buzz. What is demoed on it: multimedia capabilities. Will debian be attractiive without multimedia packages: no.It's up to *anyone* (eg: including yourself) to make this change. And by the way, I have read many people writing that Debian would be a very good choice for raspberry pi. I do think that Debian Squeeze has a very nice set of packages that will make a good fit for this platform. What do you think will be lacking exactly?
XBMC, up to date ffmpeg at least with some non-free extensions for sure.
It's very easy to point fingers at others, without giving proof of what you are writing, and without proposing any help. I find this a very bad attitude.
I was not the first pointing fingers. And yes it's because I also think it is bad attitude that I reacted.
-- eric