I'm not very familiar with Debian's packaging rules Do what you think is best.
youtube-dl is not just for youtube, other sites get constantly fixed or added And now there's no activity since the 1 of July. Waiting for youtube to brake is a bit too conservative. You can also see a declining activity over time. The forks got created because of this declining activity. That they made no statement whatsoever is more concerning then reassuring. Given their hum... toxic attitude, it's unlikely they'll do any statement. It's practically certain, they will never clearly say that the project is dead.
