2008/1/16 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > Craig White wrote: > >> > >> Thus I take issue with your contention, "there is no reason anyone > >> should have to do any of the things Karl has done" - there clearly is a > >> reason, and it has been known for many years now. The reason is that > >> there are repos that have packages which are incompatible with each > >> other. > > > > And why does someone need to use more than one repo to install vlc? > They need the standard Fedora repos plus ONE of the non-Fedora repos > if they want to play encrypted DVDs. > > > Or think they do? > > > Consider who is having the problem. He has a history of doing things > the hard way. In doing so, he creates problems for himself that few > others run into. > > Mikkel Karl 's problem(s) with using multiple 3rd party repositories is not singular. He is just more vocal about it. "Dependency Hell" has been around for a long time. Apparently very little has changed since FC-3.
