[Fedora-packaging] how to remove buggy packages from repo

[Martin Gansser]

>> Hi,
>>
>> i am the owner of the package guayadeque, but the recent package for Fedora 21 guayadeque-0.3.7-4.svn1893.fc21
>> segfaults. All versions above guayadeque-0.3.6-19.svn1890.fc21 are buggy.
>>
>> The problem is already disccussed: (but not fixed) at
>> http://guayadeque.org/index.php?p=/discussion/1822/guayadeque-stops-after-every-track
>>
>> there exists already a bugreport:
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151645[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151645]
>>
>> is it possible to delete all versions that are newer than 12.4 from the repo, or is there
>> another possibility to prevent that these buggy versions are used.
>
> In my opinion, you ask the wrong question. Imagine these "buggy versions"
> would have been discovered *after* release of Fedora 21. By removing packages
> from the repos, you don't fix the product (= the distribution) and you don't
> remove packages from existing installations either.
> 
>The only true way forward would be to release working updates. If you
> believe there won't be a fixed version available soon enough (don't get
> nervous as F21 has not been released yet!) and you prefer a downgrade, you
> could downgrade anytime. No need to bump the "Epoch". You could package a
> working upstream version with a higher %version - which wouldn't be too
> bad since snapshots often do that, too (especially if the next official
> version number is not known yet, and you would likely use the svn1890
> checkout mentioned above - whether you call it 0.3.6-19.svn1890 or
> 0.3.7-X.svn1890 isn't crucial).
> 
> Btw, Fedora typically does not offer the possibility to remove released
> packages from repos. Unless it's within Rawhide and breaks buildroots, for
> example.

thanks for your many replies.
i think the problem will not be solved with the final Fedora 21 release.
i will package a new update like Michael mentioned for Fedora 21.