On 15/04/2024 15:48, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
MarsSeed filed a deletion request for widevine:
This package is broken and not compatible with Arch Linux x86_64.
If this is true, then please leave a comment so I can fix it. It's supposed to work for archlinux x86_64. It was still working for me a few weeks ago.
It is also unneeded for Chromium or Firefox, as both of them can download the widewine module on-demand, if the user enables support for DRM-protected content.
Sorry, but the same is true for chromium-widevine.
There is an AUR/chromium-widevine [a] that is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used with other packages that need widewine, like the silo-{netflix,primevideo} standalone apps or the qtwebflix-git plugin.
Therefore keeping AUR/widewine is both pointless and superfluous.
Let's not beat around the bush and address the elephant in the room: this package got flagged because it's mainly useful for architectures other than x86_64 (i.e. ARM). If so, please be open about this and mention this as the main reason. BTW, this package does the same and *more* than chromium-widevine and adds *unique* features for firefox (even for x86_64) and for other platforms. I'm all in favour of merging it with chromium-widevine if that package takes over these unique features. I'm not going to argue against the current AUR terms-of-service, but, taking a step back: in view of the running RFC [1] wouldn't it be a good idea to at least temporarily pause the hunt for ARM-focused AUR packages until that RFC has run its course? KR Bart [1] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/rfcs/-/merge_requests/32