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Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by MichaelZuo on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:10AM (#37198355)
Why haven't the Debian team removed it then? (Assuming they were notified)
Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by oefrha on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:11AM (#37198365)
No idea. We talked to the DD about it. Maybe they’re content with the software working in testing and sometimes in stable.

Of course in theory they could also try to backport the changes, but I doubt anyone would bother for anything that’s not hugely popular. I’m tired of distro patches generating support load anyway.

Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by MichaelZuo on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:19AM (#37198402)
Huh that does sound bizarre. What is your software?
Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by oefrha on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:34AM (#37198501)
This is a pseudonymous account so I’m won’t disclose the software which will link my identity to it.
Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by mschuster91 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:18AM (#37199968)
If I were to guess, youtube-dl fits the bill... just like browsers, it has the problem that it needs to update far more frequently than any OS/distro schedule allows.
Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by rc00 on Monday August 21, 2023 @12:13PM (#37211579)
Except Debian backports yt-dlp for Stable. That's why the answer is backports. If it works for something like yt-dlp, it should work for something similar, especially if it's already in Testing (since that is usually the source for the rebuild for Stable).