I noticed that Fedora’s yt-dlp package is still at 2026.06.09, while upstream released 2026.07.04 on July 4.
As of August 13, Fedora 43, Fedora 44, and even Rawhide still appear to be using 2026.06.09.
Is there a particular reason why the 2026.07.04 update has not been packaged yet?
I understand that Fedora generally does not want every package to constantly follow upstream releases, and I am not suggesting that Fedora should become a rolling release. However, yt-dlp seems like a somewhat special case.
yt-dlp depends heavily on external websites, APIs, and extractors that can change at any time. An older version can therefore become unusable even though the Fedora release itself is perfectly fine. This makes keeping yt-dlp reasonably close to upstream much more important than it is for many other applications.
I also prefer to keep my software managed through Fedora’s RPM/DNF system rather than installing yt-dlp separately through pip, pipx, or a standalone binary. It would be great if the Fedora package could stay reasonably up to date instead.
Is the update currently waiting on the maintainer, or is there some technical or policy reason preventing 2026.07.04 from being pushed to Rawhide?
Thanks!