On 7/11/25 5:12 AM, Uwe Koloska wrote:
Hi,
not a dev, too. But didn’t the package log help to figure out, what you
need?
See Split the package based on plugins with external dependencies
<https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/vlc/-/commit/
d476e0267ca5e6952a740381b03eb42a1cbf7359> that is linked on the package
page Arch Linux - vlc 3.0.21-26 (x86_64) <https://archlinux.org/
packages/extra/x86_64/vlc/>.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Kind regards
Uwe
Thanks Uwe,
But I'm not sure looking at the diff helps. Unless we know whether
"All" plugins were originally included, or some subset, then all we see
in the PKGBUILD diff is apparently everything with external dependencies
apart from gcc-libs, glibc and libvlc being moved to subpackages? The
remaining 900+ lines of PKGBUILD isn't going to be clear to your average
Arch user. Even those familiar with what a PKGBUILD is will need to go
through and create a list of what moved and what wasn't there originally.
Were "All" originally in the Arch VLC package? If so, then a list
from the link can be made. It would be helpful if the wiki was updated
with a short discussion about the change beyond saying "see optional
dependencies". That's not really helpful to figure this out.
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
