Package: mplayer Version: 1.0~rc1-10 Severity: normal I have noticed a strange instability in the dependencies of the mplayer package which has not been noted in the changelog. Some versions of the mplayer package depend on libartsc0 and libjack0.100.0-0, while others do not at all.
Within the versions uploaded in December, 1.0~rc1-6, 1.0~rc1-9, and 1.0~rc1-11 have all depended on libartsc0 and libjack0.100.0-0. On the other hand, 1.0~rc1-7, 1.0~rc1-8, and 1.0~rc1-10 have not depended on these two packages. Since I use aptitude's tracking of automatically installed packages, and since I like to keep my system generally clear of unused packages, this fluctuation in mplayer's dependencies has been somewhat problematic. A version of mplayer would arrive in the archive which would force me to install libartsc0 and libjack0.100.0-0 and their dependencies; the next version would then indicate that these packages are no longer needed and can be uninstalled. As there has been no mention in the changelog of these dependencies, I'm wondering whether this fluctuation is intentional or not. If not, please fix the build system such that one way or the other is chosen consistently. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mplayer depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii libasound2 1.0.13-1 ALSA library ii libatk1.0-0 1.12.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcaca0 0.99.beta11.debian-2 colour ASCII art library ii libcairo2 1.2.4-4 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libcdparanoia0 3.10+debian~pre0-4 audio extraction tool for sampling ii libconfhelper-perl 0.12.5 Library for editing configuration ii libcucul0 0.99.beta11.debian-2 low-level Unicode character drawin ii libdirectfb-0.9-25 0.9.25.1-5 direct frame buffer graphics - sha ii libdvdread3 0.9.7-2 library for reading DVDs ii libesd-alsa0 [libe 0.2.36-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) - ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.20-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii liblircclient0 0.8.0-9 LIRC client library ii libmad0 0.15.1b-2.1 MPEG audio decoder library ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libogg0 1.1.3-2 Ogg Bitstream Library ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.8-3 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime ii libsdl1.2debian 1.2.11-7 Simple DirectMedia Layer ii libsvga1 1:1.4.3-24 console SVGA display libraries ii libtheora0 0.0.0.alpha7.dfsg-1.1 The Theora Video Compression Codec ii libungif4g 4.1.4-4 shared library for GIF images ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-4 X11 client-side library ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-4 X cursor management library ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-5 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxi6 1:1.0.1-4 X11 Input extension library ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.1-4.1 X11 Xinerama extension library ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.0.2-5 X11 RandR extension library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-3 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxv1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Video extension library ii libxvmc1 1:1.0.2-2 X11 Video extension library ii libxxf86dga1 2:1.0.1-2 X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l ii mplayer-skin-blue 1.6-1 blue skin for mplayer ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime mplayer recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * mplayer/voutput: xv_X11/Xv * mplayer/rtc: false * mplayer/ttfont: Sans * mplayer/cfgnote: mplayer/replace-existing-files-bail: mplayer/replace-existing-files: false mplayer/no-ttfont: * mplayer/install_codecs: * mplayer/dvd_device: /dev/cdrom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
