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Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by MichaelZuo on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:19AM (#37198402)
Huh that does sound bizarre. What is your software?
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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.
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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.
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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).
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