Error: Missing Dependency: xine-lib = 1.1.7 is needed by package xine-lib-extras-nonfree

Todd Zullinger tmz at pobox.com
Sat Jun 16 17:01:20 UTC 2007


David Boles wrote:
> on 6/16/2007 3:37 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
[...]
>> Livna cannot do anything about it.
>>
>> It looks more like coordinating the release of the xine-lib updates
>> with the Fedora guys has failed somehow. The new update release
>> workflow causes no end of problems. Packages have to visit web
>> interfaces, push buttons, release engineers need to approve the
>> requests. It is really sad to see how Fedora 7 performs badly due
>> to lots of broken dependencies.
> 
> 
> Your statement is what is called FUD. Your dependency problem is not
> Fedora's fault at all. It is causedby your doing and was caused when
> you installed packages from someplace other than Fedora.

David, before labeling Michael's statements as FUD, I think it'd be
best to consider his long involvement with Fedora in shaking out many
repository and dependency problems.

I'd like to thank Michael for doing the rather thankless work that
makes the Fedora Collection of packages much better than it would be
without him.

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