[MacPorts] #62255: Moving to new VLC packaging method causes "Check for Update" to auto-trigger

[MacPorts]

#62255: Moving to new VLC packaging method causes "Check for Update" to auto-
trigger
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  Reporter:  jasonliu--  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal      |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports       |    Version:  2.6.4
Resolution:              |   Keywords:
      Port:  VLC         |
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Comment (by kencu):

 Please review all the extensive discussions on that PR, and I believe an
 associated ticket.

 The current maintainer, RVJB (Rene) is an extremely experienced MacPorts
 user -- you should look at his github MacPorts repo sometime for
 inspirations.

 He reached the point where it is no longer possible to build VLC, as
 outlined on those PRs and tickets.

 He had a PR in the queue for many months for this change, that needed to
 be rebased twice, and obtained almost no opinions or feedback on this from
 anyone.

 I discussed this with him extensively. It's true, he installs a binary --
 that was prior to the recent "discussions" on the mailing list about this.

 In the end, it was either this PR, or remove VLC/VLC2 and other similar
 ports from MacPorts altogether. Personally I am fine with removing it -- I
 install VLC from the VLC website, after all, and I think many people do.

 Be that as it may, he wanted to approach it this way, and it made it in
 before I shut down any further cask installs (at least by me).

 If it is in your opinion a terrible idea, I invite you to discuss with
 him, and consider dumping VLC/VLC2 from MacPorts if so.

 Rene -- any input here?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/62255#comment:1>
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