Hi Vincent,Thanks for your comments. According to the documentation (https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/Preferences#advanced), Handbrake actually uses libdvdnav by default instead of libdvdread:
There are two different open source libraries for reading data from a DVD. The older one, libdvdread, is what HandBrake traditionally used. It does not even attempt to "play" a DVD the way a DVD playing machine would. Libdvdnav does try to navigate disc structure like an actual player. This is more sophisticated, and often works better. As such, it is now HandBrake's default DVD reading engine. To disable it and return to the days of libdvdread, uncheck this box.So, since libdvdread isn't even enabled by default, most users probably wouldn't even notice the change. I can't see how a version bump would break anything.
Best regards, Mads On 05/29/2014 04:05 AM, Vincent Cheng wrote:
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Mads Hansen <d@taba.se> wrote:How about I make a new revision of the Handbrake package that recommends libdvdread >= 4.2.1? I'm guessing an absolute dependency would be considered bad practice when it's not strictly necessary? Would adding a Recommends field be an appropriate solution?If you don't know or are unable to figure out why a dependency (either build or runtime, doesn't matter) was added to a particular package, I suggest contacting the maintainer first to find out why, before you make changes that could potentially break that package. Regards, Vincent