EPEL [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux] #15: Who retired libgeotiff

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#15: Who retired libgeotiff
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 Reporter:  smooge           |      Owner:  epel-wranglers
     Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
 Priority:  major            |  Milestone:
Component:  Package request  |    Version:
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 The libgeotiff package was retired for some reason out EPEL but not by the
 maintainers? [Probably a quick what do we do with this and move on.]

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 EPEL RHEL6 libgeotiff package missing
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 Mika Heiskanen mika.heiskanen at fmi.fi via lists.fedoraproject.org
 6 Oct (3 days ago)
 
 to epel-devel, tuomo.lauri
 Hello,

 It seems like the libgeotiff package has been removed from the RHEL6
 repository. We could not find any news on the subject. Does anyone
 know if the package has been removed intentionally?

 Our servers show the installed version to be as follows:

 Name        : libgeotiff
 Arch        : x86_64
 Version     : 1.2.5
 Release     : 5.el6
 Size        : 4.4 M
 Repo        : installed
 From repo   : epel
 Summary     : GeoTIFF format library
 URL         : http://www.remotesensing.org/geotiff/geotiff.html

 Currently we cannot install some software to our new servers due to the
 missing libgeotiff dependency. For example "yum install gdal" fails.

 Regards,



 Mika Heiskanen / FMI
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 Till Maas via lists.fedoraproject.org
 6 Oct (3 days ago)
 
 to orion, EPEL, tuomo.lauri
 Hi,

 On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 10:24:30AM +0300, Mika Heiskanen wrote:

 > It seems like the libgeotiff package has been removed from the RHEL6
 > repository. We could not find any news on the subject. Does anyone
 > know if the package has been removed intentionally?

 the process to remove the package was started before May this year but
 it was not finished (the package was retired in packagedb:
 https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/libgeotiff/)

 Before recently, a second step was required to actually remove the
 package from the repos. This is now automated, which is why the package
 is now not available via the mirrors. I do not know how retired the
 package, because it cannot be easily queried right now, but it might
 have been Orion, who built the package the last time.

 > Our servers show the installed version to be as follows:
 >
 > Name        : libgeotiff
 > Arch        : x86_64
 > Version     : 1.2.5
 > Release     : 5.el6

 > Currently we cannot install some software to our new servers due to the
 > missing libgeotiff dependency. For example "yum install gdal" fails.

 You can still download the package from kojipkgs if it helps you now:
 https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/libgeotiff/1.2.5/5.el6/x86_64/libgeotiff-1.2.5-5.el6.x86_64.rpm

 However it is not maintained currently in EPEL 5 and 6. To get it back
 into EPEL 6 someone needs to step up as a new maintainer and ask for a
 re-review:

 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Orphaned_package_that_need_new_maintainers#Claiming_Ownership_of_a_Retired_Package

 Regards
 
 
 Orion Poplawski via lists.fedoraproject.org
 6 Oct (3 days ago)
 
 to Devrim, Till, EPEL, tuomo.lauri
 On 10/06/2014 10:39 AM, Till Maas wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 10:24:30AM +0300, Mika Heiskanen wrote:
 >
 >> It seems like the libgeotiff package has been removed from the RHEL6
 >> repository. We could not find any news on the subject. Does anyone
 >> know if the package has been removed intentionally?
 >
 > the process to remove the package was started before May this year but
 > it was not finished (the package was retired in packagedb:
 > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/libgeotiff/)

 Don't think it was me.  CC'ing Volker and Devrim.
 

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