On 6/30/23 14:00, Vít Ondruch wrote: > > Dne 30. 06. 23 v 10:34 Benson Muite napsal(a): >> There is at present no policy on when and why packages should be >> deprecated. Have made a proposal to allow deprecation of packages only >> when they fail to build > > > There is a catch. Packages which are FTBFS cannot be marked as > deprecated, because there is no way to inject the `Provides: > deprecated()` there without the build. > > Thanks for the feedback. Python 2 packages went through this because the eco system no longer supports them. A regular FTBFS for a single package can be orphaned and retired. If a required dependency does not build in rawhide, then one cannot add a package that requires it to Fedora. > Vít > > >> or are a security concern. In other cases, >> orphaning and retirement should be done. Comments and suggestions for >> improvement are welcome. >> >> This would also likely impact package review guidelines, since there are >> packages that people may want in Fedora, which build but do not have >> much upstream activity. >> >> 1) >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DeprecationPolicy#Upgrade%2Fcompatibility_impact >> _______________________________________________ >> 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, report it: >> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > > _______________________________________________ > 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, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ 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, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
