Deprecating a non-leaf package does technically require a FESCo approved
Change[1]. Considering the upstream project has been archived since 2017
and deprecated since 2015, I would certainly favor deprecating
python-lockfile in Fedora.
[1]
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/deprecating-pac...
On 12/13/22 00:06, Carl George wrote:
> Howdy Python SIG and python-lockfile maintainers,
>
> I recently noticed that pylockfile (packaged as python-lockfile in
> Fedora and EPEL) is no longer maintained upstream (since 2017).
>
>
https://github.com/openstack-archive/pylockfile
>
> I see 10 packages that still (build)require this, so retirement is
> probably premature, but is anyone opposed to me marking the package as
> deprecated so that new packages can't (build)require it?
>
>
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/deprecating-pac...
>