Been delaying this while waiting for some packages to migrate, and doesn't seem there's any blockers left. With USE=yt-dlp being default, most users should already using yt-dlp and there's no sense in keeping the barely maintained original. Aware that it's not truly /dead/ anymore, but activity been slow, still uses Nose, focuses on compat with old python more than new, and it's still not getting new releases (last in 2021) despite several begging for it upstream.
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e8aab7eab6e5f2d809d14cb028d962c528b9de62 commit e8aab7eab6e5f2d809d14cb028d962c528b9de62 Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-01-24 13:19:07 +0000 Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-01-24 13:31:17 +0000 profiles: last rite net-misc/youtube-dl Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/891917 Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a91f98e856723f42c8636180f2f3a5bf829ff899 commit a91f98e856723f42c8636180f2f3a5bf829ff899 Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-02-24 09:14:08 +0000 Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-02-24 09:26:29 +0000 net-misc/youtube-dl: treeclean Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/798237 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/891917 Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen@gentoo.org> net-misc/youtube-dl/Manifest | 1 - net-misc/youtube-dl/metadata.xml | 20 ------ .../youtube-dl/youtube-dl-2021.12.17-r1.ebuild | 78 ---------------------- net-misc/youtube-dl/youtube-dl-9999.ebuild | 78 ---------------------- profiles/package.mask | 16 ----- 5 files changed, 193 deletions(-)