default media player

[Nicu Buculei]

Matthias Saou wrote:
> Jeff Spaleta wrote :
> 
>>If there are differing opinions grounded in technical criteria for
>>helix still being the default, I'd appreciate hearing them for
>>perspective.
> 
> 
> Me too : Totem is the obvious choice for Fedora Core, and I still don't
> understand why nor how Helix got to steal its place. I guess someone
> should just file a bug report regarding the default comps to have the
> replacement happen?

I see two possible reasons for having Helix in the past releases as default:
- until recently Totem was not considered mature enough even by its 
developers (it was neither the default player in Gnome), but this is not 
the case anymore
- last year Red Hat signed an agreement with Real to bundle Helix 
http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releases/2004/real_redhat.html

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nicu