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+    <div class="entry">
+      <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/VLC_bittorrent_plugin_in_Bullseye__saved_by_the_bell_.html">VLC bittorrent plugin in Bullseye, saved by the bell?</a></div>
+      <div class="date"> 1st May 2021</div>
+      <div class="body"><p>Yesterday morning I got a warning call from the Debian quality
+control system that
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc-plugin-bittorrent">the VLC
+bittorrent plugin</a> was due to be removed because of a release
+critical bug in one of its dependencies.  As you might remember, this
+plugin make VLC able to stream videos directly from a bittorrent
+source using both torrent files and magnet links, similar to using a
+HTTP source.  I believe such protocol support is a vital feature in
+VLC, allowing efficient streaming from sources such at the almost 7
+million movies in <a href="https://archive.org/">the Internet
+Archive</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The dependency was the unmaintained
+<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libtorrent-rasterbar">libtorrent-rasterbar</a>
+package, and <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/987306">the bug in
+question</a> blocked its python library from working properly.  As I
+did not want Bullseye to release without bittorrent support in VLC, I
+set out to check out the status, and track down a fix for the problem.
+Luckily the issue had already been identified and fixed upstream,
+providing everything needed.  All I needed to do was to fetch the
+Debian git repository, extract and trim the patch from upstream and
+apply it to the Debian package for upload.</p>
+
+<p>The fixed library was uploaded yesterday evening.  But that is not
+enough to get it into Bullseye, as Debian is currently in package
+freeze to prepare for a new next stable release.  Only non-critical
+packages with
+<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/autopkgtest">autopkgtest
+setup</a> included, in other words able to validate automatically that
+the package is working, are allowed to migrate automatically into the
+next release at this stage.  And the unmaintained libtorrent-rasterbar
+lack such testing, and thus needed a manual override.  I am happy to
+report that such manual override was approved a few minutes ago, thus
+increasing significantly the chance of VLC bittorrent streaming being
+available out of the box also for Debian/Buster users.  A bit too
+close shave for my liking, as the Bullseye release is most likely just
+a few days away, and this  did feel like the package was saved by the
+bell.  I am so glad the warning email showed up in time for me to
+handle the issue, and a big thanks go to the Debian Release team for
+the quick feedback on
+<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-release">#debian-release</a>
+and their <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/987865">swift
+unblocking</a>.</p>
+ 
+<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
+activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
+<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>
+</div>
+      <div class="tags">
+        
+        
+        Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/verkidetfri">verkidetfri</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/video">video</a>. 
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+    </div>
+    <div class="padding"></div>
+    
     <div class="entry">
       <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Updated_Valutakrambod__now_also_with_information_from_NBX.html">Updated Valutakrambod, now also with information from NBX</a></div>
       <div class="date">27th February 2021</div>
@@ -28,7 +89,7 @@ several of the service drivers, where the API had changed since I last
 looked at the code.  I also added support for fetching the order book
 from the newcomer Norwegian Bitcoin Exchange.</p>
 
-<p>I alsod decided to migrate the project from github to gitlab in the
+<p>I also decided to migrate the project from github to gitlab in the
 process.  If you want a python library for talking to various currency
 exchanges, check out
 <a href="https://gitlab.com/petterreinholdtsen/valutakrambod">code for
@@ -666,45 +727,6 @@ Merk, betaling med bitcoin er ikke anonymt. :)</p>
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-    <div class="entry">
-      <div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/More_reliable_vlc_bittorrent_plugin_in_Debian__version_2_9_.html">More reliable vlc bittorrent plugin in Debian (version 2.9)</a></div>
-      <div class="date">24th May 2020</div>
-      <div class="body"><p>I am very happy to report that a more reliable
-<a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc-plugin-bittorrent">VLC
-bittorrent plugin</a> was just uploaded into debian.  This fixes a
-couple of crash bugs in the plugin, hopefully making the VLC
-experience even better when streaming directly from a bittorrent
-source.  The package is currently in Debian unstable, but should be
-available in Debian testing in two days.  To test it, simply install
-it like this:</p>
-
-<p><pre>
-apt install vlc-plugin-bittorrent
-</pre></p>
-
-<p>After it is installed, you can try to use it to play a file
-downloaded live via bittorrent like this:
-
-<p><pre>
-vlc https://archive.org/download/Glass_201703/Glass_201703_archive.torrent
-</pre></p>
-
-<p>It also support magnet links and local .torrent files.</p>
-
-<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
-activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
-<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>
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-        Tags: <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/verkidetfri">verkidetfri</a>, <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/video">video</a>. 
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