new repositories for codecs

[bapoumba]

Hello :)

On 12/14/06, Corey Burger <corey.burger at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/06, Cody Somerville <cody.somerville at gmail.com > wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> >  I don't think it would be wise to endorse third party repositories.
>
> We need to endorse some third party repos for somethings, like
> w32codecs and libdvdcss2.

Well, this is for you all to decide. Currently, the wiki page for
restricted formats suggests a wget on "debian" repos for w32codecs.
Sure enough, there will be smart individuals to put these in their
source.list  and get into trouble when upgrading ;-) So that was my
first point. Ubuntu repos are now available. (I have been very much
involved in ubuntu-fr forum as I have been a moderator there, I have
now kinda moved to ubuntuforums, this is my perspective).

> As far as I understand it, the preferred way of getting libdvdcss is via
> the libdvdread3 package and the default way of getting extra codecs is
> through gstreamer, right?
>
> Matt
vlc is also around, with  ffmpeg codecs and libdvdcss plugged in, in
the universe repos. I'm _personnaly_ not much aware of all the other
pakages as I try to stick to ogg and theora ;)

>
> Isabelle,
>
> The two packages we are interested in are w32codecs and libdvdcss2. I
> see they are provided for, so if somebody can verify their quality, we
> shoudl change their links.
>
> Corey

Currently, the upgrade installs :
w32codecs : 20061022-0medibuntu1
libdvdcss2 :  1.2.9-2medibuntu1
which are the former plf packages with new version numbers. The
maintainers are the ones who maintained the Ubuntu repos, at first
within the plf project, then within mr_pouit's repos
(mrpouit at gmail.com). effraie and illovae build the ppc packages. They
are also involved in the #ubuntu-fr-classroom (freenode) where they
teach packaging (these classrooms are organized by gloubiboulga).

I'm sending an email to mr_pouit to get more details about these in
addition to server reliability and bandwidth.

Cheers,
Isabelle
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