gpodder youtube-dl dependency warning

gpodder youtube-dl dependency warning

[Mauritz Stenek]

Hello,

With gPodder, I get an "old youtube-dl" version warning, is this 
expected?

Why not use the yt-dlp package as depency instead? this package 
was recently updated.

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Mauritz Stenek <mstenek@disroot.org>

Re: gpodder youtube-dl dependency warning

[kiasoc5]

On 8/13/24 17:24, Mauritz Stenek wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> With gPodder, I get an "old youtube-dl" version warning, is this expected?
> 
> Why not use the yt-dlp package as depency instead? this package was 
> recently updated.
>
youtube-dl is still actively maintained, but the last stable release was 
in 2021 and they only have nightly releases now:
https://github.com/ytdl-org/ytdl-nightly/releases/

Seems like they have not had a stable release in a while: 
https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/31585

For now, you can replace the youtube-dl dependency in gpodder with 
yt-dlp using --with-input:

guix install gpodder --with-input=youtube-dl=yt-dlp

However, as a distro we should decide if we:
1. follow suit with other distros and mark the yt-dlp package as a 
replacement for youtube-dl, or
2. update the youtube-dl package to track the nightly releases, which 
updates about once a week.

Re: gpodder youtube-dl dependency warning

[Mauritz Stenek]

On August 14, 2024 2:31:54 AM UTC, kiasoc5 <kiasoc5@disroot.org> wrote:

>For now, you can replace the youtube-dl dependency in gpodder with yt-dlp using --with-input:
>
>guix install gpodder --with-input=youtube-dl=yt-dlp

Perfect, I'll try it out.

>However, as a distro we should decide if we:
>1. follow suit with other distros and mark the yt-dlp package as a replacement for youtube-dl, or
>2. update the youtube-dl package to track the nightly releases, which updates about once a week.

Hmm, tough one!
Thanks for the prompt reply!
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ms