On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 04:15:15PM +0200, Miro Hrončok wrote: > On 7.4.2018 15:53, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 10:33:04AM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > >>To be completely honest, if someone wants to drop a python2 subpackage, > >>that's their prerogative but it does bring up an interesting question. > >>Normally if someone wants to orphan a package, they're welcome to do so > >>and others are welcome to pick it up. But this is about removing a > >>subpackage. > >Yes, but as with any removal action, it behooves the maintainer to > >query and think if that removal will not cause disruption, and if it > >will, what is the best way to proceed (announce more widely, warn and > >delay the removal, postpone indefinitely?). > > So apparently the general confusion/problem here is lack of > communication when removing python2-subpackages. > > Filling a Fedora Change proposal for every single python2 subpackage > removal feels a bit overengineered. So let's set up some basic rules > about what to do when a python2 subpackage is being removed. E.g. do > it in rawhide only, send an announcement do devel, wait X days, etc. For timing, I think should piggy-back on the rules for retiring. From user POV, there isn't much difference between a subpackage disappearing and a package being retired. Those rules say [1]: > Do not retire packages in other branches than Branched (until the > Final Freeze), Rawhide (master) and EPEL branches (el5, el6, epel7). > When you need to add package from EPEL to any RHEL release, only > retire EPEL branch when package is released in that RHEL release. +1 for fedora-devel. A mail to fedora-devel a week in advance should be enough. And if people show up who want to take responsibility for the python2 version, give them ACLs. [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
