I haven't. Past attempts to contact individual maintainers have not been very successful. I'll try anyway.
On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo < will...@slackbuilds.org> wrote: > > I recently moved my Plex library from a Slack 14.2 box to a Slack64 14.2 > > system. It is actually exactly the same hardware, from a different hard > > drive. I therefore installed the plexmediaserver package from > > slackbuilds.org <http://slackbuilds.org> in my Slack64 14.2. This > > installs version 1.4.2, while the most recent version seems to be > 1.12.3. > > > > The problem is that version 1.4.2 does not work in my Slack64 14.2 - in > > a nutshell, videos cannot be played, because the relevant codecs can't > > be downloaded by that version of the Plex server. After removing the > > 1.4.2 version, I proceeded to download and install the 1.12.3 version, > > by modifying the plexmediaserver.Slackbuild file from slackbuilds.org > > <http://slackbuilds.org>. With this version, the codecs are > > automatically downloaded, as they should, and my videos play without a > > problem. > > > > I think that this has already been discussed in this forum, but it may > > be worth the while bringing it up again: what's the point of keeping a > > package that leads to a non-working installed software? I understand > > that, for the sake of a stable system, as Slackware is deservedly > > reputed to be, having the latest and greatest is probably not always a > > good idea - although sometimes it may be. This aside, the other side of > > the coin is that slackbuilds.org <http://slackbuilds.org> packages > > should result in installed software that works. > > > > Should this not be part of the responsibility of package maintainers? I > > acknowledge that this can be a pain in the neck, but it you can't do so > > for whatever reason, do not maintain the package. > > Have you tried to contact the maintainer? > > > -- > Willy Sudiarto Raharjo > > > _______________________________________________ > SlackBuilds-users mailing list > SlackBuilds-users@slackbuilds.org > https://lists.slackbuilds.org/mailman/listinfo/slackbuilds-users > Archives - https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/ > FAQ - https://slackbuilds.org/faq/ > > >
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