#5975: Please remove the following retired 'EPEL 5' packages from the 'ppc' epel-5 tree

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5975: Please remove the following retired 'EPEL 5' packages from the 'ppc' epel-5
tree
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 Reporter:  mharmsen         |       Owner:  rel-eng@…
     Type:  task             |      Status:  new
Milestone:  Fedora 20 Final  |   Component:  koji
 Keywords:                   |  Blocked By:
 Blocking:                   |
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 I continue to receive the following messages even though according to the
 [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb Fedora Package Database], all four
 of these packages have been retired for EPEL-5:
 {{{
 pki-console has broken dependencies in the epel-5 tree:
 On ppc:
     pki-console-1.3.2-1.el5.noarch requires java >= 1:1.6.0
 Please resolve this as soon as possible.
 }}}

{{{
 pki-ra has broken dependencies in the epel-5 tree:
 On ppc:
     pki-ra-1.3.1-1.el5.noarch requires pki-silent
 Please resolve this as soon as possible.
 }}}

{{{
 pki-tps has broken dependencies in the epel-5 tree:
 On ppc:
     pki-tps-1.3.1-1.el5.ppc requires pki-silent
 On x86_64:
     pki-tps-1.3.1-1.el5.i386 requires libssldap60.so
     pki-tps-1.3.1-1.el5.i386 requires libprldap60.so
     pki-tps-1.3.1-1.el5.i386 requires libldif60.so
     pki-tps-1.3.1-1.el5.i386 requires libldap60.so
 Please resolve this as soon as possible.
 }}}

{{{
 tomcatjss has broken dependencies in the epel-5 tree:
 On ppc:
     tomcatjss-1.2.1-1.el5.noarch requires java >= 1:1.6.0
 Please resolve this as soon as possible.
 }}}

Please remove these packages from whatever automated 'ppc' build is trying
 to utilize them.

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5975: Please remove the following retired 'EPEL 5' packages from the 'ppc' epel-5
tree
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  Reporter:  mharmsen         |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task             |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  Fedora 20 Final  |  Component:  koji
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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Comment (by till):

Why were they retired? They lack a dead.package file describing the
 reason.

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5975: Please remove the following retired 'EPEL 5' packages from the 'ppc' epel-5
tree
------------------------------+-----------------------
  Reporter:  mharmsen         |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task             |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  Fedora 20 Final  |  Component:  koji
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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Changes (by mharmsen):

* cc: nkinder@…, kwright@… (added)

Comment:

Replying to [comment:1 till]:
> Why were they retired? They lack a dead.package file describing the

reason.

I do not know how long these packages have actually been retired, however,
 it should be noted that none of these packages have been touched in over
 four years:

* [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=169315 pki-
 console-1.3.2-1.el5] (28 Apr 2010)
 * [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=166338 pki-
 ra-1.3.1-1.el5] (10 Apr 2010)
 * [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=166339 pki-
 tps-1.3.1-1.el5] (10 Apr 2010)
 * [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=166346
 tomcatjss-1.2.1-1.el5] (10 Apr 2010)

The 'pki-console', 'pki-ra', and 'pki-tps' packages are part of a RHEL 5
 layered product that has never been supported on the 'ppc' platform.

The 'tomcatjss' package is a low-level component that is utilized solely
 by this RHEL 5 layered product and therefore has also never been supported
 on the 'ppc' platform.

Further, there was a determination at one point in the distant past that
 EPEL packages would no longer be built for this specific RHEL 5 layered
 product. (I do not know if the 'dead.package' file that you refer to was
 even the method utilized at that time).

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#5975: Please remove the following retired 'EPEL 5' packages from the 'ppc' epel-5
tree
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  Reporter:  mharmsen         |      Owner:  rel-eng@…
      Type:  task             |     Status:  closed
 Milestone:  Fedora 20 Final  |  Component:  koji
Resolution:  fixed            |   Keywords:
Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
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Changes (by till):

* status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed

Comment:

The dead.package file is already use for a long time. It is explained
 here:
 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life

I added a dead.package file and blocked the packages in koji (this was not
 done for primary as well), they should be properly removed with the next
 push.