Announcing rpmfusion

[Rex Dieter]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

> On 12.09.2007 17:44, Bill Crawford wrote:
>> On 12/09/2007, Jima <jima at beer.tclug.org> wrote:
>> 
>>>   Couldn't this be managed by rpmfusion using a comps file, and grouping
>>> various packages with "DVD support," "MP3 support," or whatnot?  `yum
>>> groupinstall "DVD Support"`...
>> I think that's the best suggestion on how to balance packaging versus
>> usability, so far ...
> 
> FYI for Livna I tried something else, but it didn't work out. I just
> used the same groups as Fedora in Livna (as Fedora Extras did in the
> past for Core as well) and made some crucial packages 'type="default"'
> -- for example gstreamer-plugins-ugly for the "GNOME Desktop
> Environment" . I assumed anaconda would then install
> gstreamer-plugins-ugly by default as "GNOME Desktop Environment" is
> selected by default. But anaconda/pirut did not do that (and I assume it
> still don't).

At our site, we include a custom repo adding default items to the same
groups (exactly as you described), and it works for us here (using f7).

-- Rex