On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 1:42 PM Skippy <linux...@204eastsouth.com> wrote: > > I created the symlink as you instructed and it appears to be working. > When I enable use of youtube-dl in gPodder I get no error messages. I > just added a youtube feed and am downloading some videos. >
Keep in mind that some APIs might break and others might not, so whether there is a problem is going to depend on a lot of details. One program might work with this workaround, and another might fail in subtle ways. So, it isn't a good idea to just symlink this for all users. However, as you seem to have found, it may work in some cases, and if it does that is great. I imagine you aren't using much software that makes use of the python APIs, so the risks are fairly low if you are happy with what you found in testing. > In regards to filing a bug - I'm unclear exactly what the bug is. Is > the bug the fact that gPodder will not use yt-dlp in place of youtube-dl > without your work-around? Correct. The fact that you didn't run into issues will probably be useful feedback as well. -- Rich
