FS#61393 - [totem-plparser] - libquvi should be an optional dependecy

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Torben Andresen (tapsiturtle) - Monday, 14 January 2019, 06:39 GMT
Last edited by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 03:13 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
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Hi,

upstream says that libquvi is an optional dependency. And if i understand the libquive page correct, it is just for Flash streams. As there is fewer and fewer Flash content in the web, could you make libquvi set as optional dependency? Also the libquvi project seems to be dead and so users can decide not to install it. Thanks.
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Closed by  Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 03:13 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 15 January 2019, 12:24 GMT
It's an optional dependency at compile time. When the binary is compiled, stuff links to libquvi. The linking is limited to a helper program, but I guess error logs will be full of "failed loading shared library libquvi.so" messages when someone tries to play a flash stream.
Comment by Torben Andresen (tapsiturtle) - Friday, 18 January 2019, 11:19 GMT
So the only way that it is not needed anymore is that upstream changes it's code, right?
Comment by crvi (crvi) - Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 02:39 GMT
quvi support has been removed in 3.26.6.

For more details, refer https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/totem-pl-parser/-/merge_requests/40

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