Re: pkg/41666: multimedia/vlc08 / multimedia/ffmpeg incompatibility (NetBSD 4.0)

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/41666; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/41666: multimedia/vlc08 / multimedia/ffmpeg incompatibility
 (NetBSD 4.0)
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:14:15 -0400

 On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:30:07 +0000 (UTC)
 Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> wrote:
 
 >  nucleo has been upgraded (by Hasso Tepper - just a couple of hours
 >  before you sent that message), the new version builds fine with
 >  ffmpeg as it exists now.
 
 Nice!
 
 >  For vlc08, maybe it is simply time to retire it?   Note that vlc
 >  (the newer version) builds fine, it is only the outdated version that
 >  has the problem.   Simply removing it as obsolete and unbuildable
 >  might be the correct answer for this PR.
 
 Most probably.  If a reason to keep vlc08 was because it was lighter,
 mplayer is also an available alternative...
 -- 
 Matt