Quoting Kevin Fenzi (2013-03-12 15:53:56) > On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:49:22 +0100 > Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Tomcat6 package in Fedora is old, has several problematic bugs > > (including 4 security) and most importantly there's a replacement: > > tomcat-7.x > > > > I believe it is in our (developers as well as users) best interest to > > get rid of it. I have sent similar email to java-devel on February > > 26th[1], created another tomcat6 bugreport a week ago[2] but I wasn't > > successful in reaching David Knox (primary maintainer). > > > > Note that we already had a bugreport to migrate packages to > > tomcat-7[3] and we almost succeeded, but then new packages started > > creeping in with dependency on tomcat6. We need to get rid of it ASAP > > or we'll be fighting neverending battle. Even as > > comaintainer/provenpackager I cannot deprecate package that I do not > > own. > > > > I consider this point 4 of unresponsive maintainer process[4]. > > However due to security issues, and package being effectively dead I > > wouldn't mind speeding up the process. I might try to bring this up > > with FESCO, but process doesn't seem to include any wiggle room there. > > Feel free to file a fesco ticket and explain whats going on. Thanks, filed https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1094 I believe the emails/bugzilla provides enough context but I'll also try to attend the FESCO meeting to answer any questions. -- Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky@xxxxxxxxxx> Software Engineer - Developer Experience PGP: 7B087241 Red Hat Inc. http://cz.redhat.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
