Re: mplayer vs. xine

[Michael Schwendt <ms-nospam-0306 arcor de>]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:28:20 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

[rpm.livna.org]

> > > I would actually like to recommend livna only in my HOWTO, but there
> > > are things it lacks.  If livna wants to be the one-stop shop for
> > > everything proprietary and patented that isn't in Fedora Core (which
> > > is where it seems to be heading, and I heartily approve), then it
> > > needs to carry the following:
> > > 
> > > Java jre RPMs (see Dag Wieers's repostory)
> > > mame and mame ROM RPMs
> > > RealPlayer RPMs (see http://cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br/xine/)
> > > Win32 binary-codec RPMs to be used with mplayer
> > 
> > Yes. It's a problem of lack of human resources.
> 
> Can I help?  If it's just a problem of rounding up RPMs and dropping them
> in the repository, I can do that.

... unless the manual package submission and building procedure puts you
off. ;-)  Whether there're ways for you to contribute packages via other
ways than the "fedora.us-like bugzilla package request procedure" at
bugzilla.livna.org, you'd better talk to <anvil at livna.org>
Basically, the repository is an open community project like fedora.us,
using the same guidelines and policies, probably adjusted slightly for
productivity and a "just-works" philosophy.

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