Hi Paul, Quoting Paul Gevers (2020-12-21 22:49:18) > [Release Team member watching]
Nice :-) > On Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:37:35 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: > > Source: crystalhd > > Version: 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-1 > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > > > It seems 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 > > Can you elaborate a bit? The package has a huge popcon (hence it's not > autoremoved). You're saying that all those people had it installed in > vain? Or is that due to a (past) library dependency and didn't it > actually add anything? Both: a) It never really worked (see bug#865978), and b) libavcodec* linked with it in Buster, and c) I guess because apt-mark is not really used (few use aptitude which invented the concept, and even debian-installer fails to provide an ideal baseline - see bug#742977) most previously affected users continue to have it installed after ffmpeg 7:4.1.4-1 stopped linking with it (see bug#917292). > elbrus@coccia:~$ dak rm --no-action -R --suite testing crystalhd > Will remove the following packages from testing: > > crystalhd | 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-13 | source > gstreamer1.0-crystalhd | 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-13 | amd64, i386 > libcrystalhd-dev | 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-13 | amd64, i386 > libcrystalhd3 | 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-13 | amd64, i386 > > Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers > <debian-multime...@lists.debian.org> > > ------------------- Reason ------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------- > > Checking reverse dependencies... > # Broken Depends: > kylin-video: kylin-video [amd64 i386] > > # Broken Build-Depends: > kylin-video: libcrystalhd-dev > > Dependency problem found. Yes, there are still packages depending on it: Someone needs to work actively with those still believing the library is more than snakeoil - because our mechanisms auto-pressuring packages to to stay alert and in line or else get kicked from testing works only on edge packages - packages "well connected" in Debian are not affected. (while the allegory is funny, I really don't mean to imply that the mechanisms were _intented_ to treat packages unequally, only that in effect it does) - 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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