On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:48:37 -0800, TK (Toshio) wrote:
The orphan packages are more varied. Originally, there were packages
that
had been orphaned for many releases. I believe that now we're cleaning up
all orphaned packages at each release branching so this may not be as much
the case. There could still be packages that were orphaned for up to
6 months, missing out on all of a new releases pre-alpha period of
development. Not sure that this is that much of a concern, though.
And nevertheless, this thread is also about an orphan within F-17:
# yum install insight
[...]
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: insight-6.8.1-5.fc17.x86_64 (fedora)
Requires: iwidgets
The missing requirement had built successfully for the Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=286344
If no volunteers show up and adapt this package and its build
requirements, it will remain broken. Or somebody cleans up F-17 once more
prior to its final release and _retires_ packages like this one.
Is it too easy to create orphans so late in the process?
Is it too easy to create orphans without telling anyone about it?
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