retiring python-language-server and python-pyls_black

[Mukundan Ragavan]

I am retiring two packages - python-language-server and python-pyls_black

These were originally packaged for spyder but is no longer maintained. 
Instead, we have *-lsp-* packages that are used by spyder and actively 
maintained. These are not needed by anything else.

$ dnf repoquery --repo=rawhide{,-source} --whatrequires 
python3-language-server
Last metadata expiration check: 0:07:12 ago on Tue 28 Jun 2022 07:18:31 
AM CDT.
python3-pyls_black-0:0.4.7-4.fc37.noarch


$ dnf repoquery --repo=rawhide{,-source} --whatrequires python3-pyls_black
Last metadata expiration check: 0:05:10 ago on Tue 28 Jun 2022 07:18:31 
AM CDT.


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[Maxwell G]

Jun 28, 2022 7:28:39 AM Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc(a)gmail.com&gt;:

>  I am retiring two packages - python-language-server and
> python-pyls_black 
It's probably better to simply orphan the packages instead of
completely retiring them. See the policy [1]. Generally, retirements are reserved for when
a package is dead upstream, has unpatched CVEs, is being renamed, or is otherwise no
longer useful to Fedora. I believe there's other IDEs that can make use of these
packages.

[1]:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Policy_for_orphan_and_retired_...
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[Ben Beasley]

At least python-language-server really is dead upstream[1], replaced by python-lsp-server,
which is a maintained community fork.

The python-pyls_black package isn’t usable without python-language-server, and nobody has
stepped up to migrate it to python-lsp-server in over a year[2], so it’s looking pretty
dead upstream, too.

I agree with the general advice to orphan rather than retiring in most cases, but I think
retirement is probably appropriate under the circumstances for these two packages.

[1] https://github.com/palantir/python-language-server/issues/935
[2] https://github.com/rupert/pyls-black/issues/35

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Maxwell G wrote:
> Jun 28, 2022 7:28:39 AM Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>
>> I am retiring two packages - python-language-server and python-pyls_black
> It's probably better to simply orphan the packages instead of 
> completely retiring them. See the policy [1]. Generally, retirements 
> are reserved for when a package is dead upstream, has unpatched CVEs, 
> is being renamed, or is otherwise no longer useful to Fedora. I believe 
> there's other IDEs that can make use of these packages.
>
> [1]: 
>
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Policy_for_orphan_and_retired_...
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[Maxwell G]

On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 11:36:54 AM CDT Ben Beasley wrote:
>  At least python-language-server really is dead upstream[1], replaced
> by
>  python-lsp-server, which is a maintained community fork. 
You're right. Seemingly, I missed or misinterpreted the "no longer
maintained" 
part when I first read the email. This is what happens when I don't get enough 
sleep ;). 

Is the fork a drop-in replacement or otherwise compatible with the original? 
If so, you should add the appropriate Provides/Obsoletes to the new package.

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