Bug#1038506: libmlt7: Contains a plugin for an obsolete version of SDL

[Simon McVittie]

Control: reopen -1
Control: block -1 by 1040155

On Sun, 02 Jul 2023 at 16:23:53 +0200, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
> Am 18.06.2023 um 18:42 schrieb Simon McVittie:
> > libmlt7 appears to contain plugins for both SDL 1.2 and SDL 2, and as a
> > result, it depends on both libsdl1.2debian and libsdl2-2.0-0.
> > SDL 1.2 is unmaintained upstream and we should be trying to move away
> > from it.
> > 
> > Various Debian packages depend on mlt:
> > 
> > - flowblade
>
> Flowblade itself still uses SDL 1.2:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/mlt/mailman/message/37862164/

sdl12-compat is still the SDL 1.2 API, which has been deprecated for
many years, so I'm reopening this bug. It should stay open as long as
mlt has a (build-)dependency on the SDL 1.2 APIs.

I'm also marking this as blocked by flowblade being ported.  Please add
a similar blocked relationship if you find any other packages that use
mlt and SDL 1.2.

sdl12-compat has now taken over the libsdl1.2-dev package name from
the older libsdl1.2 in unstable. Please revert the build-dependency to
libsdl1.2-dev in a future upload of mlt, so that libsdl1.2-compat-dev
can be removed after Debian 13 is released without causing disruption
for this package.

smcv

Bug#1038506: libmlt7: Contains a plugin for an obsolete version of SDL

[Patrick Matthäi]

Hey

Am 18.06.2023 um 18:42 schrieb Simon McVittie:

Package: libmlt7
Version: 7.14.0-1
Tags: trixie sid
User: pkg-sdl-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: libsdl1.2

libmlt7 appears to contain plugins for both SDL 1.2 and SDL 2, and as a
result, it depends on both libsdl1.2debian and libsdl2-2.0-0.
SDL 1.2 is unmaintained upstream and we should be trying to move away
from it.

Various Debian packages depend on mlt:

- flowblade

Flowblade itself still uses SDL 1.2:
https://sourceforge.net/p/mlt/mailman/message/37862164/

- kdenlive
- shotcut
- synfig
- synfigstudio

but as far as I can see, none of them need SDL 1.2 specifically. Would
it be possible to disable/remove the SDL 1.2 plugin in mlt?

Thanks,
 smcv



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Bug#1038506: libmlt7: Contains a plugin for an obsolete version of SDL

[Simon McVittie]

Package: libmlt7
Version: 7.14.0-1
Tags: trixie sid
User: pkg-sdl-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: libsdl1.2

libmlt7 appears to contain plugins for both SDL 1.2 and SDL 2, and as a
result, it depends on both libsdl1.2debian and libsdl2-2.0-0.
SDL 1.2 is unmaintained upstream and we should be trying to move away
from it.

Various Debian packages depend on mlt:

- flowblade
- kdenlive
- shotcut
- synfig
- synfigstudio

but as far as I can see, none of them need SDL 1.2 specifically. Would
it be possible to disable/remove the SDL 1.2 plugin in mlt?

Thanks,
smcv

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