The Debian maintainer is well aware. get-iplayer was not released in Debian jessie and will not be released in Debian stretch (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857871). It will remain in Debian testing where it belongs. The problem comes because apparently Ubuntu grabs whatever is in Debian testing and freezes it into LTS releases. Given that the Debian testing package is usually not current either, this guarantees 5 years of broken software being distributed to users and 5 years of support headaches for me. There is no reason for that, and I want it to stop. It isn't possible for Ubuntu to provide a working get-iplayer package in its repositories, so it should not provide any get-iplayer package.
Your arguments against PPAs don't concern me for get-iplayer. If users can't be bothered, or don't trust PPAs, that is fine. It's the only way they will get a working package installation, but as long as the choice is clear I don't see any problem. It's easy enough to install manually, anyway. As for using a snap, that is not germane here. I don't package get_iplayer for any distro in any form, and never will. That is done by third parties. My only concern is to stop supplying Ubuntu/Mint users with broken software. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #857871 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857871 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654335 Title: Please remove get-iplayer from all future Ubuntu releases To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/get-iplayer/+bug/1654335/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
