On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > > > >> Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> > >>> on a fresh (and barely configured) f12 system, i tried to view > >>> my first online .wmv file and was redirected here: > >>> > >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKit_Items_Not_Found#Missing_Codec > >>> > >>> which is moderately informative in terms of telling me what the > >>> problem is, but utterly useless in terms of telling me how to fix > >>> it. > >>> > >>> yes, i realize the issues surrounding codecs, but would it be > >>> unduly difficult to add to that section some advice on where to > >>> *find* such codecs? you know, point readers at rpmfusion or some > >>> such? is that not a legally acceptable thing to do? because > >>> that's *exactly* the sort of thing that will drive newcomers to > >>> fedora totally nuts. > >>> > >>> > >> AFAIK, it is not legally acceptable to explicitly tell someone how > >> to break the law. > >> > >> I hope nobody starts to argue about how silly they think these laws > >> are..... > >> > > > > um ... ok. in that case, why is fedoraproject.org explicitly > > pointing people at rpmfusion.org here? > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OtherRepositories > > > > > But, they are not explicitly solving a given problem for you. > Subtle difference. i wasn't suggesting that the diagnostic solve the problem. but would it be unacceptable for it to give *general* advice about possibly adding extra repositories to your system, and by the way, here's a page with a list of possible repos, do with them what you will. is that unreasonable? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
