post-install media formats wizard

[Chris Wagner]

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 15:53 +0000, Joao Inacio wrote:
> Personally, i think it is important  IF some codecs can be installed:
> i don't live in the US so why shouldn't i install them?
> 
> but most of all, WHY they can't be installed in some cases.
> 
> this makes the difference between people saying "ubuntu can't play
> <media format>" and "ubuntu isn't allowed to support <media format>
> out of the box"
> 
> if you ask me, it makes all the difference...

I agree.

Surely someone has already written a spec on this?  or had further
discussions outside of the devel list?

I've seen a similar thread at least once before, where it was suggested
that such a dialog was created to notify users about restricted formats
and guide them from there.

I am wondering what happened to the other discussions...  Did we give up
on this idea?  Is it that nobody has dedicated time to it?  Or is it
something that the higher-up's don't quite care for.