to autodownload or not to autodownload

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Sun Feb 10 20:26:37 UTC 2008


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
>>
>> Ah, comeone "Highlighting the cost is part of the message that codeina
>> provides to the end users" ?? Thats just plain nonsense, the linking 
>> to must pay for codecs in codina is plain and simply _bad_,
> 
> Would it ok be if the free MP3 codec stays but rest of them codec links 
> are removed?

That would be a big step forward IMHO, yes!

> Again, the fundamental part of codeina is the initial 
> message you get when you play say a MP3 song and not some codec link. 
> Codeina could very well be modified to provide a framework where 
> alternative codec sources can be provided easily by third party 
> repositories for example. Throwing away codeina gets us back to cryptic 
> error messages. Would you consider that better?
>

Actually yes, atleast that would be much more aligned with Fedoras founding 
principles then the current codina.

>  but for some
>> reason condoned because the codec issue is a big problem for end 
>> users, so having some very ugly work around is seen as ok in this 
>> situation
> 
> True and we don't have any elegant solutions to this problem. It is 
> merely a question of how ugly you want the solution to be.
> 

Not as ugly as codina.

Regards,

Hans




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