Package: yt-dlp Version: 2023.01.06-1 Severity: minor using yt-dlp to fetch a local copy of a youtube URL like so:
$ yt-dlp https://youtu.be/XXXXXXXXXXX
i see this warning:
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[youtube] XXXXXXXXXXX: Downloading player 11e3a4ec
WARNING: [youtube] XXXXXXXXXXX: nsig extraction failed: You may experience
throttling for some formats
Install PhantomJS to workaround the issue. Please download it from
https://phantomjs.org/download.html
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If PhantomJS is DFSG-free (i haven't checked), then it should be put in
debian, and yt-dlp should Recommend: it at least. Then this warning
should be patched to say "apt install phantomjs" instead.
If it is not DFSG-free, it seems inappropriate for a debian package to
directly encourage the user to download non-free software in the course
of basic operations.
Thanks for maintaining yt-dlp in debian! It is a very useful tool for
those of us who don't want to be connected to the Internet at all times.
--dkg
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