Re: long-broken packages (some are removal candidates)

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 09:46:33AM +0100, Stephen Borrill wrote:
> > > multimedia/vlc08
> > >
> > > Has not built in ages (does not like current or anything like current
> > > ffmpeg) and is an ancient version; there are three newer versions of
> > > vlc in pkgsrc. There does not appear to be anything using it any more,
> > > so it's probably time for it to go.
> >
> > I use this as it is the last WxWidgets, non-Qt version available and
> > I find it useful for embedded projects. I admit I keep an old ffmpeg
> > around to build it with.
>
> I think then it might be time for you to keep an old vlc08 package
> around too, because if this is not buildable in pkgsrc, what's the
> point of having it there? :)

I guess it depends on whether a small non-Qt version is useful to anyone 
else (in which case a relevant ffmpeg could be imported). I find the 
skins2 interface works well and you can even remove wxWidgets if 
you don't need file open dialogs.

I do have some code to work around the ffmpeg swscale removal with a view 
to allowing it to use new ffmpeg, but I don't yet know whether that is 
sufficient.

--
Stephen