On 2022-05-16 00:56:03 +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote: > On 2022-05-16 00:40:25 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > The vlc package now uses a Recommends (vlc-plugin-pipewire) to force > > users to use pipewire instead of pulseaudio (which broke the use of > > VLC, but also apparently ogg123 with the alsa device). IMHO, this is > > a bad use of Recommends. It is not up to applications to choose what > > sound server to use, even via a meta-package like vlc. > > > > Shouldn't there be something in the policy about that? > > Nothing forces pipewire on you. If you don't want it, don't install it.
I repeat: I have *NEVER* installed pipewire manually. > It isn't a dependency. > > And for the record: you get pipewire installed because libpipewire-0.3-0 > recommends it. Yes, but users should not be forced to go against "Recommends", as this yields various issues. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
