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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