[Nix-dev] What's the status of mplayer?

Marc Weber marco-oweber at gmx.de
Thu Dec 3 14:34:44 CET 2009


Excerpts from Peter Simons's message of Thu Dec 03 12:33:05 +0100 2009:
> Hi,
> 
> the package database features an expression 'MPlayer'. However, that
> expression cannot be built because it refers to a version of the
> source code that isn't available for download anymore. There is a
> comment in pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/default.nix that says:
> 
>   # 1.0_rc2 is outdated according to website - use trunk instead
> 
> Now, there doesn't seem to be much of a point in keeping expressions
> around that cannot be built. Shouldn't we remove that one?

Hi Peter.

That was me adding that comment.
I don't remember whether it did build that time or note.
Some people don't like trunk builds. Thats why I added another one.
The trunk will be updated soon.

Marc Weber



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