Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> writes: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 07:31:34AM +0200, lee wrote: >> When they are only different in version, then what is bad about having >> packages from Debian-multimedia, and why should I remove them? > > Read this: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ > > Also, just found this: > http://blogs.dailynews.com/click/2012/06/debian-project-leader-stefano.html
That's interesting --- the question is what would actually be missing or not working if I removed everything from dmo and replaced it with what's in Debian. >> And how about the ones that aren't available in Debian? > > You can build them yourself using the build dependencies from Debian. > If you go that route then that is when you'll need the "deb-src" entries > in your sources list. There are some guides on the net: Are you saying that there are sources in Debian packages for which no binary packages exist? What I don't want is having to gather lots of various software from all kinds of different sources and try to install it. That has a lot of disadvantages, and some software you can't even compile without major modifications. -- Debian testing amd64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87obllnbyo....@yun.yagibdah.de
