[31.12.2013 07:57] [Basil Chupin]:
On 31/12/13 09:40, Herbert Graeber wrote:
Am Montag, 30. Dezember 2013, 22:54:41 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 2013-12-30 20:35, Werner Flamme wrote:
[30.12.2013 14:15] [Markus Ko�mann]:
vlc: you have to decide, where you get vlc from : Either packman (version 2.1.2-186.14) or vlc repo. Choose one repo, disable the other and in yast switch system packages to
that repo. I do not completely agree with the second paragraph :-)
I installed the VLC software from the VLC repo, and PackMan is still enabled. YaST or zypper do not mix up the packages, because I never ever use "zypper dup" unless I really want to upgrade to another version of openSUSE. Yes, that's correct. If you install VLC and all its dependencies from the videolan repo, and different things from packman, it works. The problem is when the toolchain is mixed. But then the question is, if everything installed from packman will work...
Herbert
A good question.
I have everything from packman installed and vlc doesn't work :-( .
That is what happened to me years ago (VLC 0.9.something). PackMan provides bleeding edge (at least in this case), while videolan.org themselves will rather provide running versions :-)
Ignoring the above scenarios, what happens if some malcontent who has a grudge against openSUSE or Linux in general starts contributing as a member of "the community"?
OK, the kernel is pretty safe but what about other apps used in openSUSE?
Do you really think the NSA is not involved yet? :-)
Yep, I am being paranoid - but I am expressing a genuine concern in light of my hassles with vlc in openSUSE 13.1 and what has been stated so far re the dependency errors between enabled repos from packman, openSUSE, videolan.
Those dependencies can be cleaned up, even if it's a hairy mess. One possibility is to use VLC from videolan.org only, everything else regarding multimedia from PackMan instead of openSUSE (because of the fewer codecs in openSUSE due to legal issues), and the rest from openSUSE. Btw, I currently have 62 repos available, 6 of them are disabled, and no dependency hell :-) Werner -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org