Playerctl apparently unmaintained

[johannesbremer]

Hey everyone! Over the past few days, I set up a small systemd unit to automatically pause media playback when my Bluetooth headphones disconnect. I used Playerctl since it was already preinstalled on my system (Bluefin).

However, while looking at the Playerctl GitHub repository, I noticed the last commit was over three years ago, and there are numerous open issues, including reports of a potential memory leak and a potential segmentation fault. It seems like this project is no longer actively maintained, which raises some concerns about security. From what I can tell, Fedora doesn’t have this apparently unmaintained C program installed by default.

Given these issues, do you folks think it’s worth reevaluating if Playerctl is still a sensible choice to be preinstalled? Unfortunately, I do not know of a good replacement. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!