Re: Orphaning/retiring 3 Java packages
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 1:50 PM Miro Hrončok <mhroncok(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 23. 07. 19 13:27, Mikolaj Izdebski wrote:
> Soon after Fedora 31 branching I intend to retire java-packaging-howto
> package and orphan byaccj and javapackages-tools packages. The reason
> is that I intend to maintain these packages as part of modules.
>
> I will continue to maintain non-modular packages through lifecycles of
> Fedora 29-31, but starting from Fedora 32 I will maintain modular
> versions only.
Do you realize that while your decision to move essential bits of Java packaging
to modules might untie your hands a lot, it is causing everybody else involved
more and more trouble?
Perhaps I don't realize the trouble, could you elaborate? I expect
orphaned packages to be adopted by someone, likely a member of
Stewardship SIG. These two packages are low-maintenance and don't
require much work - they don't have many upstream changes and don't
get many bugs reported. So I don't see that much trouble in this case.
I acknowledge that it is your right to orphan essentially anything
you want,
however the motivation here seems a bit... nonempathetic.
Would you mind to reconsider?
Definitely - this is the reason I wrote to the list. Do you have any
proposal what to do with these packages instead of orphaning them?
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Mikolaj Izdebski