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Date:      Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:18:45 +0100
From:      "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Flash viewer for FBSD
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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
>> =A0> And remember, youtube-dl is a hack. It can break anytime
>> =A0> YT changes its embedding.
>>
>> =A0That's what "make update" is used for. :-)
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0More importantly, it's about the author (and maintainer, i=
f
> they're different) fixing things promptly after a change, =A0My
> experience has been 2-3 days.

Which is pretty good... esp. considering that some ports take
months or more to get updated, esp. when security concerns
pop up (*cough* java/jdk16 *cough*) ;-)

But the point is, that even the author is no magician: should
YT decide to switch to a completely different scheme, reverse-
engineering that could prove very hard and up to impossible.
We're lucky to have youtube-dl, and I hope author and maintainer
will keep updating it as often as possible, as they do now.

> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Robert Huf=
f

-cpghost.

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