[ACTION REQUIRED] FTBFS Packages in rawhide (2015-07-27)

Mon Jul 27 13:00:26 UTC 2015

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 07:19:06AM +0000, opensource at till.name wrote:
> The following packages did not build for two releases and will be
> retired before the Alpha Freeze, unless someone takes care of them. If you know
> for sure that the package should be retired, please do so now with a proper
> reason:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_remove_a_package_at_end_of_life
> 
> According to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Schedule Alpha Freeze will occur on
> 2015-07-28.
> 
>       Package              (co)maintainers       Status Change 
> ==============================================================
> UpTools                sebelk                    62 weeks ago  
> akka                   willb, java-sig           62 weeks ago  
> apt-maven-plugin       goldmann                  62 weeks ago  
> bcfg2                  fab, solj, zultron        62 weeks ago  
> clojure-compat         kushal, gil, salimma      62 weeks ago  
> clojure-contrib        salimma                   62 weeks ago  
> clojure-maven-plugin   salimma, gil              62 weeks ago  
> clucy                  salimma                   62 weeks ago  
> cpm                    mmahut                    62 weeks ago  
> emacs-common-ess       alexlan                   62 weeks ago  
> epris                  rtnpro                    62 weeks ago  
> esc                    jmagne                    62 weeks ago  
> gdmap                  mebourne                  62 weeks ago  
> honeyd                 pvrabec                   62 weeks ago  
> jabref                 mef, tomspur              62 weeks ago  
> lancet                 kushal                    62 weeks ago  
> libigtl                mrceresa, peter           62 weeks ago  
> mdsplib                thias                     62 weeks ago  
> mule                   orphan, tspauld98         6 weeks ago   
> nurbs++                mycae                     62 weeks ago  
> opengrok               lkundrak                  62 weeks ago  
> openuniverse           mmahut, astronomy-sig     62 weeks ago  
> pfHandle               redragon                  62 weeks ago  
> prelink                orphan                    0 weeks ago   
A bunch of packages depend on /usr/bin/execstack, provide by prelink.
If prelink goes away, they'll be ftbfs immediately. What is
the plan here? Can we move execstack somewhere else, or is
there a replacement tool?

Zbyszek