[MacPorts] #56799: VLC @2.2.8_6: Update to 3.0.3
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Thu Jul 12 08:23:21 UTC 2018
#56799: VLC @2.2.8_6: Update to 3.0.3
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Reporter: scarface-one | Owner: RJVB
Type: update | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: VLC |
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Comment (by RJVB):
I'm pretty certain I already managed to navigate BR menus in VLC 2.x on
Mac but typically watch the few such disks I have on my wife's PC where
"things like that just work" O:-)
I could maintain a port that installs an older version on certain OS
versions but that
1. complexifies a Portfile that is already more complex than I want
2. means I'd be maintaining something I cannot even build
The alternative would be to introduce a `port:VLC2` (leaving point 2
unsolved) but there's also the point I don't have commit access so every
change I want to apply takes extra time and effort.
The only constructive suggestion I can make at this time is to make
`port:libVLC` a standalone port and remove the patches that make it
possible to build libVLC in such a way that other applications can use it
(plus a few other tweaks to the build, probably). That way someone else
can take over `port:VLC` maintainership. We'd end up with 2 libVLC copies
so care must be taken that they don't install to the same location but
otherwise this shouldn't be a problem - esp. if the resulting VLC build
diverges less from the official way of building it.
I wasn't aware VLC has an updater other than something that checks for new
versions. You have a bit of a point here but at the same time one
shouldn't see MacPorts as "the OS X package manager". It's a collection of
ports with the accompanying manager, but there's whether or not it has a
port for a given application depends on many things. There shouldn't be
one for VLC according to the VideoLan people, for instance.
Either way, any big changes I will make will most likely only be made
after the summer holiday period.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/56799#comment:4>
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