diff -u vlc-0.9.8a/debian/rules vlc-0.9.8a/debian/rules
--- vlc-0.9.8a/debian/rules
+++ vlc-0.9.8a/debian/rules
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 	--enable-sdl \
 	--enable-esd \
 	--enable-mad \
-	--enable-arts \
 	--enable-alsa \
 	--enable-jack \
         --enable-pulse \
diff -u vlc-0.9.8a/debian/control vlc-0.9.8a/debian/control
--- vlc-0.9.8a/debian/control
+++ vlc-0.9.8a/debian/control
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
                libxul-dev,
                liba52-0.7.4-dev,
                libaa1-dev,
-               libarts1-dev (>= 1.4.2),
                libasound2-dev (>= 0.9.0beta10a) [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386],
                libass-dev (>= 0.9.5-2),
                libaudiofile-dev,
@@ -121,10 +120,9 @@
  VLC has support for on-the-fly transcoding of audio and video formats, either
  for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
  most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added
- by installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-esd, vlc-plugin-sdl,
- vlc-plugin-arts) or video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-ggi,
- vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is also a web browser plugin in the 
- mozilla-plugin-vlc package.
+ by installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-esd, vlc-plugin-sdl) or
+ video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-ggi, vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is
+ also a web browser plugin in the mozilla-plugin-vlc package.
 
 Package: vlc-dbg
 Section: graphics
@@ -165,9 +163,9 @@
  for broadcasting purposes or for movie format transformations. Support for
  most output methods is provided by this package, but features can be added
  by installing additional audio plugins (vlc-plugin-esd, vlc-plugin-sdl,
- vlc-plugin-arts, vlc-plugin-jack) or video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, 
- vlc-plugin-ggi, vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is also a web browser plugin in 
- the mozilla-plugin-vlc package.
+ vlc-plugin-jack) or video plugins (vlc-plugin-sdl, vlc-plugin-ggi,
+ vlc-plugin-svgalib). There is also a web browser plugin in the
+ mozilla-plugin-vlc package.
  .
  This package contains a version of VLC that does not require X and that is
  thus suitable for headless servers.
@@ -265,18 +263,6 @@
  DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, mp3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, and multimedia
  streams from various network sources.
 
-Package: vlc-plugin-arts
-Architecture: any
-Depends: vlc-nox, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: aRts audio output plugin for VLC
- This plugin adds support for the aRts Sound System to the VLC media
- player. To activate it, use the `--aout arts' flag or select the `arts'
- audio output plugin from the preferences menu.
- .
- VLC is the VideoLAN project's media player. It plays MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4,
- DivX, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, mp3, Ogg/Vorbis files, DVDs, VCDs, and multimedia
- streams from various network sources.
-
 Package: mozilla-plugin-vlc
 Architecture: any
 Depends: vlc-nox (= ${binary:Version}), vlc, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
reverted:
--- vlc-0.9.8a/debian/vlc-plugin-arts.install
+++ vlc-0.9.8a.orig/debian/vlc-plugin-arts.install
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-usr/lib/vlc/audio_output/libarts_plugin.so
reverted:
--- vlc-0.9.8a/debian/vlc-plugin-arts.links
+++ vlc-0.9.8a.orig/debian/vlc-plugin-arts.links
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/usr/share/doc/vlc-nox /usr/share/doc/vlc-plugin-arts
-/usr/share/bug/vlc-nox /usr/share/bug/vlc-plugin-arts
diff -u vlc-0.9.8a/debian/changelog vlc-0.9.8a/debian/changelog
--- vlc-0.9.8a/debian/changelog
+++ vlc-0.9.8a/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+vlc (0.9.8a-1ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+  * Remove arts from dependencies. (LP: #320915)
+    - debian/control:
+      - Remove libarts1-dev from build depends
+      - Don't build package vlc-plugin-arts
+      - Remove all notions of vlc-plugin-arts from packages descriptions
+    - debian/rules:
+      - Remove --enable-arts from confflags
+    - Delete debian/vlc-plugin-arts.install
+    - Delete debian/vlc-plugin-arts.links
+
+ -- Andreas Wenning <awen@awen.dk>  Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:05:02 +0100
+
 vlc (0.9.8a-1ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * merge from debian. LP: #300328, #305100, #289263