URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66067>
Summary: Dependency on unsupported library
Group: GNU Wget
Submitter: paulm
Submitted: Tue 06 Aug 2024 07:13:18 AM UTC
Category: Build/Install
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
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Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: 1.20
Operating System: GNU/Linux
Reproducibility: Every Time
Fixed Release: None
Planned Release: None
Regression: No
Work Required: None
Patch Included: None
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Date: Tue 06 Aug 2024 07:13:18 AM UTC By: Paul Millar <paulm>
Hi,
If I've understood correctly, wget's support for the metalink format depends
on the library libmetalink:
https://github.com/metalink-dev/libmetalink
Unfortunately, it looks like this library is no longer maintained.
Specifically, libmetalink's issue #3 was opened in 2020-09-22, asking whether
the library is still maintained:
https://github.com/metalink-dev/libmetalink/issues/3
At the current time, this issue has neither been answered nor closed. To me,
this suggests the library is no longer maintained.
This issue is on wget's dependency on libmetalink. Is the (apparent)
unmaintained status of libmetalink a concern? If so, what should be done about
it.
Cheers,
Paul.
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