[bug #66067] Dependency on unsupported library

[Paul Millar]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66067>

                 Summary: Dependency on unsupported library
                   Group: GNU Wget
               Submitter: paulm
               Submitted: Tue 06 Aug 2024 07:13:18 AM UTC
                Category: Build/Install
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 1.20
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: No
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None


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Date: Tue 06 Aug 2024 07:13:18 AM UTC By: Paul Millar <paulm>
Hi,

If I've understood correctly, wget's support for the metalink format depends
on the library libmetalink:

    https://github.com/metalink-dev/libmetalink

Unfortunately, it looks like this library is no longer maintained. 
Specifically, libmetalink's issue #3 was opened in 2020-09-22, asking whether
the library is still maintained:

    https://github.com/metalink-dev/libmetalink/issues/3

At the current time, this issue has neither been answered nor closed.  To me,
this suggests the library is no longer maintained.

This issue is on wget's dependency on libmetalink.  Is the (apparent)
unmaintained status of libmetalink a concern? If so, what should be done about
it.

Cheers,
Paul.







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