Re: SPECfiles - conditionals with EOLed Fedora releases - any value in keeping them ?

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Michal Schorm <mschorm@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> While playing around with Sourcegraph, which indexed all Fedora
> package repositories, I was able to craft a query listing all '%if'
> conditionals referencing Fedora releases that reached EOL.
>
> Do you agree it would be safe to remove such conditionals and the code
> they hold ?

Yes, at maintainer discretion.

> Do you agree that removing obsolete code such as this brings value to
> the package codebase ?

No - it's annoying code churn that usually serves no purpose.  If
maintainers want them gone, generally they'll remove them.

> Would you see a value in e.g. some kind of a robot reminding
> maintainers of such obsolete code? (e.g. new RPMinspect or ZUUL CI
> check)

Please don't.

Be well,
--Robbie

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