Quoting James Cowgill (2019-07-27 12:48:23) > Hi, > > On 27/07/2019 15:52, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting James Cowgill (2019-07-27 11:12:00) > >> Hi, > >> > >>> ffmpeg currently links with libcrystalhd3. > >>> > >>> It seems, however, that libcrystalhd3 is only really useful > >>> together with firmware-crystalhd, which was never really usable in > >>> Debian, leading to that package being dropped: > >>> https://bugs.debian.org/865978 > >>> > >>> If someone wants to revive CrystalHD in Debian, it seems a good > >>> place to start is > >>> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Broadcom_Crystal_HD#Feb._2014_Update > >>> > >>> I suggest to simply stop link with libcrystalhd3 until > >>> firmware-crystalhd reappear in Debian. > >> > >> I've disables crystalhd. [...] > Should we completely remove libcrystalhd3 from the archive as well in > that case (given what you wrote above)?
Yes, unless anyone steps up and points outan actual working use-case of the library, we should (have all its reverse dependencies stop link against it and) remove it from Debian altogether. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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