Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> writes: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:39:59PM +0200, lee wrote: >> Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> writes: >> > 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. > > Don't know, depends. You could try it and see.
I tried and 268 packages were removed, even including gimp. I re-installed what I needed from Debian and so far, I'm not missing anything. > For example if you watch DVD's on your computer you will need > libdvdcss2 which isn't available in Debian. Yeah what's the replacement for that? > So if you want to compile a package which isn't available in Debian, you > still won't need a "deb-src" entry, you will only need to install any > xxx-dev packages, where xxx is any package required to satisfy the build > dependency. Yes, and that is something I'm trying to avoid. Foreign software --- even if it's something that is available in Debian in an older version --- has a tendency to pile up under /usr/local and can be difficult to remove or to upgrade. On top of that, you can get dependency problems you never know about ... -- 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/87bohl2vta.fsf...@yun.yagibdah.de
