Quoting Sebastian Ramacher (2022-05-16 00:56:03) > 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. > It isn't a dependency. > > And for the record: you get pipewire installed because libpipewire-0.3-0 > recommends it. Package relations are directional: Applications need libraries, but libraries rarely need applications. libpipewire-0.3-0 should not recommend pipewire, because the library cannot know if reverse dependencies needs it strongly or weakly. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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