#1136979 ani-cli/trixie broken by server-side changes

Package:
ani-cli
Source:
ani-cli
Submitter:
Trent W. Buck
Date:
2026-05-17 22:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1136979#5
Date:
2026-05-17 22:48:03 UTC
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The version in stable does not work:

    bash5$ ani-cli --version
    4.10.0
    bash5$ ani-cli ranma
    Checking dependencies...
    No results found!

In April 2026 https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli/releases/tag/v4.11
worked for me, but this broke about 2-3 weeks ago with symptoms
consistent with https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli/issues/1726

    bash5$ ani-cli --version
    4.11.0
    bash5$ ani-cli ranma
    [pick the one with >100 episodes]
    [pick episode 1]
    Specified quality not found, defaulting to best
    Episode is released, but no valid sources!

The symptoms are the same for 4.13.0 (currently in forky/testing).

Today I got 4.14-0-1 from sid and that is working as-is on stable.

    bash5$ sudo apt install /var/cache/apt-cacher-ng/debrep/pool/main/a/ani-cli/ani-cli_4.14.0-1_all.deb
    bash5$ ani-cli --version
    4.14.0
    bash5$ ani-cli ranma
    [pick the one with >100 episodes]
    [pick episode 1]
    wixmp Links Fetched
    [video plays]

Since ani-cli is a single bash script,
you can just drop a new version in $PATH.
Is it worth making a backport?