Am Donnerstag, 18. März 2010 17:58:54 schrieb todd rme:
Alternatively, you could provide a program that detects something is missing, and third-party repositories could provide packages that add a list of what they could provide. So when you are missing MP3 support, the software will query the lists provided by the repositories and grab the package that provides that capability. So, for instance, packman could provide a "package-detection-lists" rpm that installs a list of media types it can provide, and the KDE program consults that list (along with similar lists from other repos) when it detects a problem. If multiple repositories provide the same capability, the zypper solver would have to take over.
We should stop to fret about the multimedia support with opensuse, the current situation won't change much even with most circumventions people can come up with, adding the packman repository by ones own will isn't too hard to do. People are able to get codecs to view divx/xvid encoded videos with windows, so when they can't play an mp3 they will google and then find the easy fix. After adding the packman repository and updating you can basicly play anything you throw at the multimedia player of your choice, and not even bother about a "codec pack" or similar obscurities under windows. Real Media support for example is way better with most distributions then windows thanks to the 3rd party repositories and the contained codecs =) Karsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org