Hello,
As part of the effort to move the Package Maintainer docs to
docs.fedoraproject.org [1], I have been reviewing the existing wiki
documentation. I would like to ask for insight on the following item:
Page _How to remove a package at end of life_ [2] first says that
retirement is done by running 'fedpkg retire', then later alludes to a
special case:
> 'git rm' all files in the other branches *only if* there are special
factors at work, like licensing issues, or package being removed
completely from Fedora.
I understand this to mean that in special conditions, the package cannot
remain behind even in stable or end-of-life Fedora releases. However, I
do not understand why 'git rm' is mandated instead of 'fedpkg retire'
that is used in the normal case — is the 'dead.package' tombstone
somehow unwanted in this case? I cannot understand why it would be.
Also, if the intent is to get rid of the package completely, should not
adding it to fedora-obsolete-packages be required as well? And would
that even work for end-of-life releases?
Lastly, even if this complete removal case is rare, it seems to be
important enough to have its own process description. Should it be given
its own page, "Package Withdrawal Process" or "Package Removal Process"
or such, with content like "1) retire the package 2) do these additional
steps"?
Thank you,
Otto
[1]:
https://pagure.io/fork/oturpe/fedora-docs/package-maintainer-docs/tree/wiki-import
[2]: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life
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