Re: Source file audit - 2013-09-30

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On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:00:07AM -0600, Jerry James wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > jjames:BADURL:DSDP5.8.tar.gz:DSDP
> 
> The upstream host has a note on their web site explaining that the
> entire web site was rearranged, and gives directions on how to find
> new URLs for the various projects hosted there.  The procedure fails
> for DSDP, which does not appear to have survived the reorganization.
> I sent a note to the webmaster, asking if the DSDP pages are gone
> permanently.  He replied that he had forwarded my query on to the
> group that formerly maintained the DSDP web site.  No word from them
> yet.
> 
> If the web site is permanently gone, I can certainly remove the
> 'http://...' portion of the Source0 URL, but what do I do about the
> URL field in the spec file in that case?  I would like to keep this
> package around, because it is used by python-cvxopt.
>
Add a comnent above the Source0: line that says what's happened to the
upstream hosting.  It does mean that the upstream is dead and you'll be on
the hook for more maintainance should problems be found in the package.

-Toshio

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