Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Klaumi Klingsporn
Am / On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:08:29 +0100 schrieb / wrote Toerless Eckert : > > 3. > > So: If you really want to use deb-multimedia.org, you > > may do this by apt and pinning the repository to -900 > > in /etc/apt/preferences. > > I guess -900 means lowest priority ? But how would that > change

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Toerless Eckert (2018-02-19 20:13:20) > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 07:42:29PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > - would be good to change title and text of of 3.1 > > > i could not figure out what the title means and how it relates > > > to the content of the section. > > > > I firmly

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 07:42:29PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > - would be good to change title and text of of 3.1 > > i could not figure out what the title means and how it relates to > > the content of the section. > > I firmly believe documentation of ways to fork Debian (which addin

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
Thanks, Klaumi, inline On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 07:36:47PM +0100, Klaumi Klingsporn wrote: > Am / On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:28:45 +0100 > schrieb / wrote Toerless Eckert : > > > The whole reason why i got into the trouble of adding > > deb-multimedia as a repo was to be able to install > > avidemux.

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Toerless Eckert (2018-02-19 19:47:45) > So i guess "aptitude" failed for me because i had already removed > deb-multimedia from the repository. And the documentation seems to > indicate debian does actually remember where the package was installed > from. And seemingly you can list autom

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
Thanks, Sebastian So i guess "aptitude" failed for me because i had already removed deb-multimedia from the repository. And the documentation seems to indicate debian does actually remember where the package was installed from. And seemingly you can list automatically installed packages as well.

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Toerless Eckert (2018-02-19 18:35:46) >> Please avoid sarcasm - that is *not* helpful. > >> I am genuinely uncertain if behind each or some of the sarcasm above >> was interest in understanding why Debian behaves different from your >> expectation, or you only want to conclude that it doe

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Klaumi Klingsporn
Am / On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:28:45 +0100 schrieb / wrote Toerless Eckert : > The whole reason why i got into the trouble of adding > deb-multimedia as a repo was to be able to install > avidemux. It is not listed in your above list of > DebianMultimedia packages, but it shows up in > https://blends

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2018-02-19 18:35:46, Toerless Eckert wrote: > > Please avoid sarcasm - that is *not* helpful. > > > I am genuinely uncertain if behind each or some of the sarcasm above was > > interest in understanding why Debian behaves different from your > > expectation, or you only want to conclude that

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
> Please avoid sarcasm - that is *not* helpful. > I am genuinely uncertain if behind each or some of the sarcasm above was > interest in understanding why Debian behaves different from your > expectation, or you only want to conclude that it does (i.e. point > fingers). Neither. I would like t

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Toerless Eckert (2018-02-19 17:49:40) > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 05:18:23PM +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > > I don't disagree that some parts of the wiki could be improved, but if you > > follow the link to the FAQ on https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia that > > is > > displayed in

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Toerless Eckert (2018-02-19 17:09:32) > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:30:55AM +, Daniel James wrote: >> I think this confusion stems from the time when >> debian-multimedia.org was an independent repo. >> >> The name change to http://deb-multimedia.org/ happened over five >> years ago,

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 05:18:23PM +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > I don't disagree that some parts of the wiki could be improved, but if you > follow the link to the FAQ on https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia that is > displayed in the TOC and under a section conveniently named > deb-mult

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:13:41AM +, James Cowgill wrote: > This page lists all the packages maintained by the team: > https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org So, do i see it correct that if i wanted to be able to be able to install individually all Debi

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Sebastian Ramacher
On 2018-02-19 17:09:32, Toerless Eckert wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:30:55AM +, Daniel James wrote: > > > > I think this confusion stems from the time when debian-multimedia.org > > was an independent repo. > > > > The name change to http://deb-multimedia.org/ happened over five years

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Toerless Eckert
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:30:55AM +, Daniel James wrote: > > I think this confusion stems from the time when debian-multimedia.org > was an independent repo. > > The name change to http://deb-multimedia.org/ happened over five years > ago, but there are still plenty of references to the old

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Daniel James
Hi Fabian, > it is highly discouraged to add this repository due to known > breakage and incompatibilities Yes indeed :-) Funny how old info can last a long, long time online. Cheers! Daniel

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi there, Daniel James wrote: > I think this confusion stems from the time when debian-multimedia.org > was an independent repo. oh my, it is highly discouraged to add this repository due to known breakage and incompatibilities. If you still feel the need to add it, please feel free to tell us ab

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread Daniel James
Hi James, hi Toerless, >> How to add Debian Multimedia to your system. > I'm not sure I understand your question exactly. If you want to install > some multimedia packages, there is no need to "add Debian Multimedia" - I think this confusion stems from the time when debian-multimedia.org was an

Re: debian-multimedia: wiki question

2018-02-19 Thread James Cowgill
Hi, On 19/02/18 02:02, Toerless Eckert wrote: > I am quite new to debian and still try to figure out its packaging > scatter/gather mechanisms. > > I was trying to figure out how to get a multimedia software package > installed but could not find a good web/wiki page explaining where to > even fi