On Thursday 10 September 2015 10:33:20 Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2015-09-09, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 September 2015 20:46:42 Paul van der Vlis wrote: > >> When I need a package from deb-multimedia, I use wget and dpkg. > > > > A constructive suggestion! That is obviously a good idea. > > I would call it a kludge, at best.
I agree. But at least it is constructive not nihilistic: "don't do it; no-one reasonable wants to do anything that can't be done in pure Debian". It is the fact of a constructive suggestion that I was saying was a good idea, not the actual suggestion. > Using wget and dpkg is to invite what > used to be called 'RPM hell'. It also runs the risk of missing security > updates to packages. Yes, I shall continue to use deb-multimedia as I always have done when it suits me. Lisi
