#1038506 libmlt7: Contains a plugin for an obsolete version of SDL

Package:
libmlt7
Source:
libmlt7
Description:
multimedia framework (runtime)
Submitter:
Simon McVittie
Date:
2026-01-10 11:07:18 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1038506#5
Date:
2023-06-18 16:42:50 UTC
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libmlt7 appears to contain plugins for both SDL 1.2 and SDL 2, and as a
result, it depends on both libsdl1.2debian and libsdl2-2.0-0.
SDL 1.2 is unmaintained upstream and we should be trying to move away
from it.

Various Debian packages depend on mlt:

- flowblade
- kdenlive
- shotcut
- synfig
- synfigstudio

but as far as I can see, none of them need SDL 1.2 specifically. Would
it be possible to disable/remove the SDL 1.2 plugin in mlt?

Thanks,
    smcv
#1038506#10
Date:
2023-07-02 14:23:53 UTC
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To:
Hey

Am 18.06.2023 um 18:42 schrieb Simon McVittie:
Flowblade itself still uses SDL 1.2:
https://sourceforge.net/p/mlt/mailman/message/37862164/
#1038506#15
Date:
2023-07-02 15:37:24 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mlt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1038506@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debian.org> (supplier of updated mlt package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2023 16:30:11 +0200
Source: mlt
Architecture: source
Version: 7.16.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debian.org>
Changed-By: Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debian.org>
Closes: 1037396 1038506
Changes:
 mlt (7.16.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release.
   * Use libsdl1.2-compat-dev for the SDL 1.2 plugin.
     Closes: #1038506
   * Switch build dependency from libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev to libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev.
     Closes: #1037396
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#1038506#22
Date:
2023-07-12 17:33:01 UTC
From:
To:
Control: reopen -1
Control: block -1 by 1040155

sdl12-compat is still the SDL 1.2 API, which has been deprecated for
many years, so I'm reopening this bug. It should stay open as long as
mlt has a (build-)dependency on the SDL 1.2 APIs.

I'm also marking this as blocked by flowblade being ported.  Please add
a similar blocked relationship if you find any other packages that use
mlt and SDL 1.2.

sdl12-compat has now taken over the libsdl1.2-dev package name from
the older libsdl1.2 in unstable. Please revert the build-dependency to
libsdl1.2-dev in a future upload of mlt, so that libsdl1.2-compat-dev
can be removed after Debian 13 is released without causing disruption
for this package.

    smcv
#1038506#33
Date:
2025-11-04 22:35:57 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mlt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1038506@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debian.org> (supplier of updated mlt package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:36:47 +0100
Source: mlt
Architecture: source
Version: 7.34.0-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debian.org>
Changed-By: Patrick Matthäi <pmatthaei@debian.org>
Closes: 1038506 1115055
Changes:
 mlt (7.34.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release.
     - FFmpeg 8 support has been added.
       Closes: #1115055
     - SDL 1.2 support is disabled by default now. We try to drop it now, too.
       Closes: #1038506
   * Adjust lintian overrides.
   * Fix old-fsf-address-in-copyright-file lintian warning.
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