On 21 October 2023 13:27:48 GMT+02:00, [email protected] wrote: >MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for mpv-caca [2]: > >I don't think it's useful to keep this legacy mpv version. Upstream >dropped libcaca support, so this cannot be updated to newer version, >unlike extra repo's mpv. > >This also depends on the broken, unbuildable ffmpeg5.1, not required >by any other package. > >mpv alternatives mplayer and vlc still support libcaca, if someone >really wants to use that output library. > >[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ >[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/mpv-caca/
I have fixed ffmpeg5.1, but this package is still broken, and seems not needed by anyone. The working AUR/mpv-full provides libcaca support, I've pointed this out in a comment in order to make users aware of this.
