vlc/vlc-nox distinction

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Reinhard Tartler <siretart at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently fighting with upgrading to VLC 2.2, and noticed that a
> lot of plugins were shuffled around. I noticed that I'm spending way
> to much time figuring out what plugin should go to vlc and what plugin
> should go to vlc-nox. I wonder if having this split is really worth
> the effort. How would you feel with just dropping vlc-nox and just be
> done with it?

For reference, I've diffed the buildlogs for 2.1.5 and 2.2.0 to see
the difference in installed vlc modules, and have to say, the
situation is quite a mess:


--- 2.1.5.modules.list 2014-08-16 21:56:57.882764474 -0400
+++ 2.2.0.modules.list 2014-08-16 21:57:06.850764890 -0400
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_attachment_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_avio_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_ftp_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_http_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_imem_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_rar_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_sftp_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_smb_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_tcp_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_udp_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libaccess_vdr_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libattachment_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libavio_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libftp_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libhttp_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libimem_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/librar_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libstream_filter_rar_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libsmb_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libtcp_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libudp_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/access/libvdr_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libdirac_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libhwdummy_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libjpeg_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libsubstx3g_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvdpau_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_drm_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_x11_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control/libglobalhotkeys_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control/libxcb_hotkeys_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libcaf_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libdirac_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libdiracsys_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/demux/libhevc_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/misc/libaddonsfsstorage_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/misc/libaddonsvorepository_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/mmx/libi420_rgb_mmx_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/mmx/libi420_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/mmx/libi422_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/packetizer/libpacketizer_hevc_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/sse2/libi420_rgb_sse2_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/sse2/libi420_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/sse2/libi422_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/stream_out/libstream_out_stats_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_adjust_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_avcodec_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_chroma_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_deinterlace_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_display_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/vdpau/libvdpau_sharpen_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libchain_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi420_rgb_mmx_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi420_rgb_sse2_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi420_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi420_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_mmx_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libi422_yuy2_sse2_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_chroma/libswscale_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libchain_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libclone_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libfreeze_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libpanoramix_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/liboldmovie_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libswscale_plugin.so
-/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libwall_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_filter/libvhs_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_output/libegl_x11_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_splitter/libclone_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_splitter/libpanoramix_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/video_splitter/libwall_plugin.so
+/«PKGBUILDDIR»/debian/tmp/usr/lib/vlc/plugins/visualization/libglspectrum_plugin.so