[aur-requests] [PRQ#35217] Deletion Request for lib32-ffmpeg-compat-57

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Thu Jun 9 10:44:10 UTC 2022


MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for lib32-ffmpeg-compat-57 [2]:

Orphaned package, last updated in 2020, packaging a very old
ffmpeg 3.4.2 released in 2018.

After researching, I've found only one consumer:
AUR/lib32-ffmpeg-steam, which is only a compatibility link package.

The latter was created in 2020 as a temporary workaround for a bug
in the then-current Steam for Linux runtime and its built-in
ffmpeg.[a]

That bug was fixed by Valve in Spring 2021. [b]

Therefore this long-unmaintained package is not needed anymore,
can be deleted.
(Submitted a separate deletion request for AUR/lib32-ffmpeg-steam
based on the same conclusion.)

Refs:
[a] https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7150
[b]
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/n3g7m1/thank_you_valve_for_updating_ffmpeg_in_steam_now/

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/lib32-ffmpeg-compat-57/


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