Examining -static package build timestamps in koji

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com> wrote:
> * 40 packages in Rawhide are older than one of their -static
>  BuildRequires. Doesn't mean much. Just curious. Of those 40 packages,
>
>     7 link with binutils libs
>    21 link with flex libs        <-- flex doesn't change often, though
>     3 link with g2clib libs
>     6 link with hdf libs
>     3 link with nss or nss-softokn
>
> * The age difference of the builds is between 0 and 447 days compared with
>  their static BR.
>  For g2clib between 15 and 55 days.
>  For hdf between 1 and 60 days.
>
>  And huh? 447 days?
>
>    ksplice-0.9.9-2.fc15.src  older than  binutils-2.22.52.0.2-1.fc18.src.rpm
>      447 days

This package is essentially dead.  It was superseded by the ksplice
'upstart' package quite a while ago, which is provided by Oracle now.

Fedora doesn't support ksplice anyway, so it can probably be dropped.

josh