On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:39:28PM +0200, Vít Ondruch wrote: > Looking at rubygem-sinatra-rabbit [1], I wonder if we should not have > process for removing "zombie" packages. > > The issue with this package is that while it keeps building, it is very > likely not working. The `%check` suite is disable for ages already. > Upstream is dead. I know I could open BZ questioning the utility of such > packages and maybe I would get some answer or maybe I would not get any > answer. The thing is that if the package was properly maintained, the > test suite would not be disabled, the package would be updated to recent > packaging standards and what not. But that have not happened past > several years. Therefore I doubt I would get any reasonable answer in BZ > ticket. Well, many maintainers don't touch packages that keep working and don't need updates or bugfixes. So, if we know the package doesn't work, we should file a bug on it. If not, I am not sure if we should try and remove such packages. kevin
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