PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin replacing codeina

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 11:32 -0400, Jarod Wilson wrote:

> I have one minor concern here. Currently, codeina gives users a pointer to a 
> location where they can get codecs from, in the case where they aren't 
> supported within the Fedora repositories. While pointing people to Fluendo to 
> buy codec packs isn't exactly the greatest feature to preserve, we at least 
> offer a solution to folks following a clean install. So far as I can tell, 
> this PK solution does nothing for the user if they haven't already configured 
> a 3rd-party repository where the necessary codec might be available. *I* know 
> where to find that stuff and make this solution work as expected, but a new 
> user might not, meaning the search would fail, and they'd think there's no way 
> to play back their WMV crapola, complain loudly, etc., so this would be 
> something of a regression from F9, IMO. Of course, if there's actually 
> something in there that says "hey, you need to set up a 3rd-party repo and/or 
> you can get codecs from Fluendo", then no problem.
> 


Which is, in fact, the whole point. Codeina meant that fedora was
endorsing and encouraging the software fluendo offered. That was the
problem, imo.

-sv

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