Bug#732159: Should this package be removed?

[Reinhard Tartler]

I've added debian-devel for further input, as I believe the
consequences are a bit wider than expected.

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: mplayer
> Severity: serious
>
> Should this package be removed? If so, please reassign to ftp.debian.org
>
> - Last upload nearly two years ago
> - FTBFS for a long time
> - Incompatible with current libav
> - Alternatives exist (mplayer2, mpv)

I tend to agree, however please keep in mind that this also removes
mencoder, for which no drop-in alternatives exist atm: Currently, two
packages depend on mencoder, toonloop and photofilmstrip:

Alexandre Quessy <alexandre at quessy.net>
   toonloop (U)

Debian Multimedia Maintainers
<pkg-multimedia-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
   toonloop

Gürkan Sengün <gurkan at phys.ethz.ch>
   photofilmstrip

Jens Göpfert <jens at sg-dev.de>
   photofilmstrip (U)

Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk>
   toonloop (U)

Philipp Huebner <debalance at debian.org>
   photofilmstrip (U)

If there is general consent that those packages are OK to remove as
well, then so be it.

Best regards,
Reinhard