New comment by ahesford on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/40457#issuecomment-1320964279

Comment:
I disagree that the error message, "MPlayer/mpv failed to start", is particularly cryptic. "Please check the path" is a recommendation about how to solve the problem, and a user who tries to inspect the path should be able to determine that neither of these alternatives is available.

Although I would be very happy to see a decent implementation of optional dependencies for XBPS, we currently have no facility for this. Our policy is not to force hard dependencies on software that works with several viable alternatives and, as sgn noted, the natural choice would be `mplayer` anyway because that seems to be the first-class backend for SMplayer. Of course, forcing a user to `ignorepkg` something to swap backends is at least as lousy an experience (and less obviously resolved) than the current situation.

Any team member disagreeing with me can reopen this PR, but it seems like a WONTFIX for now.