Re: use of Recommends by vlc to force users to use pipewire
On 2022-05-16 00:56:03 +0200, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> On 2022-05-16 00:40:25 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > The vlc package now uses a Recommends (vlc-plugin-pipewire) to force
> > users to use pipewire instead of pulseaudio (which broke the use of
> > VLC, but also apparently ogg123 with the alsa device). IMHO, this is
> > a bad use of Recommends. It is not up to applications to choose what
> > sound server to use, even via a meta-package like vlc.
> >
> > Shouldn't there be something in the policy about that?
>
> Nothing forces pipewire on you. If you don't want it, don't install it.
I repeat: I have *NEVER* installed pipewire manually.
> It isn't a dependency.
>
> And for the record: you get pipewire installed because libpipewire-0.3-0
> recommends it.
Yes, but users should not be forced to go against "Recommends",
as this yields various issues.
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