[MPlayer-users] My responces to comments on my newbie-oriented MPlayer article

[Dominik Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 30 June 2002, Farrell Farahbod wrote:
[...]
> 1. Add RPM installation instructions.
[...] 
> HOWEVER, i do plan to do a version of my article for RPMs, and a version on 
> CVS. However these may not come out for a month...or maybe sooner if time 
> permits.

Great. If you have any RPM-related questions, feel free to ask me.

[...] 
> 9. Don't have the newbies compile GCC...have em use RPMS, and tell em all 
> the packages to remove/install to solve dependency hell.
> 
> ok, agreed....gcc compiling takes too long for newbies to do :)

And you can point them to known good gcc RPM location.

[...] 
> 11. Goetz Waschk said something about how rebuilding packages would be 
> easier.
> What package?

I'm guessing: mine? I mean my source RPM.

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Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <rathann(at)rangers.eu.org>