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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Mika Heiskanen mika.heiskanen at fmi.fi via lists.fedoraproject.org
6 Oct (3 days ago)

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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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