Public bug reported:
I am the maintainer of get_iplayer and I would really, really like you
to permanently remove it from all future Ubuntu releases. With new
releases required whenever there are changes in related BBC services,
get_iplayer is too volatile even for the Ubuntu standard release cycle,
much less the LTS cycle. As a result, get_iplayer from Ubuntu
repositories is virtually guaranteed to be obsolete, partially broken,
and unsupported. This has been an ongoing support headache for years
since users quite reasonably expect to install working software and I
have to continually disabuse them of that notion. It is a poor
onboarding experience for new users, and I would like to end it for
future releases. And of course, the headaches are multiplied because
this problem flows downstream to Mint and other distros. get_iplayer has
a well-maintained PPA and is easy to install manually. Those are the
methods I want to stick with. It would help me and it would help Ubuntu
users of get_iplayer to remove it from future releases.
** Affects: get-iplayer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
I am the maintainer of get_iplayer and I would really, really like you
to permanently remove it from all future Ubuntu releases. With new
releases required whenever there are changes in related BBC services,
get_iplayer is too volatile even for the Ubuntu standard release cycle,
much less the LTS cycle. As a result, get_iplayer from Ubuntu
repositories is virtually guaranteed to be obsolete, partially broken,
and unsupported. This has been an ongoing support headache for years
since users quite reasonably expect to install working software and I
have to continually disabuse them of that notion. It is a poor
onboarding experience for new users, and I would like to end it for
future releases. And of course, the headaches are multiplied because
this problem flows downstream to Mint and other distros. get_iplayer has
a well-maintained PPA and is easy to install manually. Those are the
- methods I want to
+ methods I want to stick with. It would help me and it would help Ubuntu
+ users of get_iplayer.
** Summary changed:
- Please remove get_iplayer from all future Ubuntu releases
+ Please remove get-iplayer from all future Ubuntu releases
** Description changed:
I am the maintainer of get_iplayer and I would really, really like you
to permanently remove it from all future Ubuntu releases. With new
releases required whenever there are changes in related BBC services,
get_iplayer is too volatile even for the Ubuntu standard release cycle,
much less the LTS cycle. As a result, get_iplayer from Ubuntu
repositories is virtually guaranteed to be obsolete, partially broken,
and unsupported. This has been an ongoing support headache for years
since users quite reasonably expect to install working software and I
have to continually disabuse them of that notion. It is a poor
onboarding experience for new users, and I would like to end it for
future releases. And of course, the headaches are multiplied because
this problem flows downstream to Mint and other distros. get_iplayer has
a well-maintained PPA and is easy to install manually. Those are the
methods I want to stick with. It would help me and it would help Ubuntu
- users of get_iplayer.
+ users of get_iplayer to remove it from future releases.
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Please remove get-iplayer from all future Ubuntu releases
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