codec buddy pain

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Karsten Wade wrote:

> On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 21:27 -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
>
>> Can't we all please stop the alarmist tone, and just try codeina once,
>> before continuing this discussion ? I am surprised how much of this
>> discussion seems to be based on hearsay or reading reviews.
>
> Another piece of hearsay:
>
> http://fedora-tutorials.com/2007/11/07/pow-codec-buddy/
>
> The sequence shown in that post has no Board-approved dialog pop-up.  It
> seems to be the standard codeina -- pop a dialog that gives the option
> to get some non-free codecs, then walk the user through a purchasing
> situation.
>
> Is that review based on an old version?

It's based on the Live media version.  When I run Gold Fedora 8 from my 
USB key, that's what I get too.

--g