On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 12:55, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >>* This merger necessitates the removal of certain problematic packages
> >>due to licensing issues.
> >>
> >>
> >>Does this mean that we will no longer be able to go to Fedora to pickup
> >>the MP3, mplayer, etc. packages which have not been included in recent
> >>Red Hat releases because of potential licensing problems.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Correct.
> >
> >While I can't speak for certain, I'm sure there will be third
> >party repository maintainers willing to host such software.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Yes, there are but they are limited and/or carry with them considerable
> problems/conflicts.
Don't panic! Right now you don't know what new respositories will pop
up to fill the gap.
There's always Fresh RPMs (
http://www.freshrpms.net).
Cheers,
Chris
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