I've added debian-devel for further input, as I believe the consequences are a bit wider than expected.
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: mplayer > Severity: serious > > Should this package be removed? If so, please reassign to ftp.debian.org > > - Last upload nearly two years ago > - FTBFS for a long time > - Incompatible with current libav > - Alternatives exist (mplayer2, mpv) I tend to agree, however please keep in mind that this also removes mencoder, for which no drop-in alternatives exist atm: Currently, two packages depend on mencoder, toonloop and photofilmstrip: Alexandre Quessy <[email protected]> toonloop (U) Debian Multimedia Maintainers <[email protected]> toonloop Gürkan Sengün <[email protected]> photofilmstrip Jens Göpfert <[email protected]> photofilmstrip (U) Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> toonloop (U) Philipp Huebner <[email protected]> photofilmstrip (U) If there is general consent that those packages are OK to remove as well, then so be it. Best regards, Reinhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
