On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 2:25 PM Lukas Javorsky <ljavorsk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > As from the pcre-8.45, the upstream stopped supporting this library. The recommended procedure is to switch onto the new pcre2 library that has full upstream support. [1] > > As a result of this announcement, the older PCRE library in Fedora will be retired. Given that there's a very long list of affected packages, just dropping the package in a few weeks would have disastrous effects on Fedora. I also see core components of several Editions and Spins on that list, so I assume just dropping pcre would also make QA, Release Engineering, and various Spin manitainers very sad. I would ask you that instead of retiring the package in a few weeks, you go through the "proper process" for changes like this. That would probably involve steps similar to these: - announce an official deprecation with Fedora 37 (Self-Contained Change proposal) - mark all pcre packages as deprecated - help other packagers with porting software to pcre2 - announce official removal of pcre with Fedora 38 (or 39, or later, whenever dropping it would not implode several deliverables of Fedora; another Change proposal) - actual removal of the package according to schedule laid out in the previous step Fabio _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
