Re: why some package are retired and others are retired without be orphan ?

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On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 11:11:37AM +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> while https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/projectM-jack is retired ,
> 
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/publican-fedora and https://src.fedo
> raproject.org/rpms/gdesklets have the button orphan , why ? 
> 
> Or better , when the package is retired by some rules like FTBFS or
> RetirePython2 , the package should be also orphaned . To allow other
> packager adopt it (IMO). 

FTBFS should be orphaning for a period and then retiring. 

remember: 

orphan: Package looking for anyone(s) to take over maintaining it. 

retired: It was orphaned for a while and no one took it over, or it is
no longer suitable to maintain in fedora (python2, stack it depends on
went away, obsoleted/replaced by another package, etc). 

kevin

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