Thanks for the suggestion (and for your work upstream!).
I had a look at lirc-remotes, and it already has what I consider the correct fix, namely, to change the key code to KEY_PLAYPAUSE.
If when I get this version of lirc on my machine I still have my MCE remote, and it still doesn't work in Kodi, I suspect it will be time to chase the bug there instead.
Thanks for the suggestion (and for your work upstream!).
I had a look at lirc-remotes, and it already has what I consider the correct fix, namely, to change the key code to KEY_PLAYPAUSE.
If when I get this version of lirc on my machine I still have my MCE remote, and it still doesn't work in Kodi, I suspect it will be time to chase the bug there instead.