>>>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:03:09 +0100, Kevin Kofler
<kevin.kofler(a)chello.at> said:
KK> Any package which is removed from Fedora is a package our users will
KK> no longer be able to use. Removing a package should only be a last
KK> resort if it cannot be made to work at all.
I agree; I fail to see why a package should be removed if it is still
compiling (and testing if a test suite is part of it) properly in the
build system. Sure, it could be out of date but that's better than
non-existent.
Now, if it fails to build then yes: there is no choice but to remove it.
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