On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 2:25 PM Lukas Javorsky <ljavorsk(a)redhat.com> 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