On 01/08/2017 09:59 AM, Richard Brown wrote:
On 7 January 2017 at 23:09, Administrator
wrote: The change I submitted (and has been accepted) removes the non_oss pattern from the default install. That's all The non_oss pattern is still available on the media The non_oss repository is still present and enabled by default The non_oss repository does NOT contain any software essential to the installation or the general smooth operation of a users machine The non_oss pattern did NOT install any software by default.
Thats not entirely true. %package non_oss_opt Recommends: gst-fluendo-mp3 Recommends: unrar
In short, the non_oss pattern did nothing besides give people the impression that openSUSE forced non-oss software onto peoples machines by default, when the reality is that we did not.
Well it also enabled mp3 (Recent I think) and rar support out of the box, i'm pretty sure out of the box mp3 support is relatively recent, but its something that many people have complained about openSUSE not having in the past atleast plenty in #SUSE, unrar seems easy enough for people to install if they actually want rar support.
My submission clears up that problem. Now users can pick the pattern only if they want it, just as they have been able to pick the individual software from the non-oss repo.
Well my current proposal on the factory list is to remove the non-oss pattern altogether now as it doesn't really make much sense, that also won't stop you from installing the above packages
Changing anything else might not be worth pursuing. It isn't for me, the technical issue that led to misconceptions has been cleared up. If someone else disagrees and thinks something else needs to be done, I look forward to seeing their submissions.
If people continue complaining about media support i'd consider a submission to add mp3 support back, however given currently it doesn't also support mp4 and that still requires manual action I don't think I will at this stage. -- Simon Lees (Simotek) http://simotek.net Emergency Update Team keybase.io/simotek SUSE Linux Adeliade Australia, UTC+9:30 GPG Fingerprint: 5B87 DB9D 88DC F606 E489 CEC5 0922 C246 02F0 014B