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bug#35033: [PATCH] gnu: mpv: Set absolute path to 'youtube-dl'.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: bug#35033: [PATCH] gnu: mpv: Set absolute path to 'youtube-dl'.
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:29:54 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux)

Hello,

Timo Eisenmann <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:24:12 +0200
> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:

[...]

>> I think it’s a case where it may be more appropriate to look for
>> ‘youtube-dl’ in $PATH because ‘youtube-dl’ is updated frequently.
>> 
>> WDYT?
>
> I think we should make mpv's youtube-dl feature work by default instead
> of requiring the user to install youtube-dl into their profile.

Arun Isaac <address@hidden> skribis:

> We normally don't require the user to install dependencies such as
> youtube-dl into the profile. I think we should retain that behaviour
> even in this case with mpv. It would mean fewer surprises for the
> user. If I'm guessing correctly, mpv doesn't require a lot of effort to
> rebuild.

Alright, that makes sense (and indeed, mpv builds very quickly.)

I added a #t at the end of the phase and committed.

Thank you!

Ludo’.





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