[Mageia-dev] Package removal proposal

Mon Aug 20 21:15:50 CEST 2012

Guillaume Rousse <guillomovitch at ...> writes:
+> Here are several packages candidate for removal:
+> - apache-mod_python
+> - apache-mod_ruby
+> - ocsinventory-server and ocsinventory-agent
+> - madwifi-sources
+
+Agreed, and there are surely other unmaintained packages that lack sufficient
+need or interest to stay and should be dropped as well.
+
+Furthermore, what is the procedure for dropping a package?  The wicd package is
+broken and has unpatched security vulnerabilities[1].  It was previously asked
+on this list if it should be dropped, nobody objected, a bug was filed asking
+to drop it an assigned to sysadmin-bugs at ml.mageia.org [2], but it hasn't been
+dropped as far as I know.
+
+[1] - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5608
+[2] - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5926
+
+Some other candidates for removal that come to mind:
+
+abrt/libreport/btparser - tool for sending bug reports to RedHat, does not seem
+  to belong in Mageia, our drakxtools have their own tool for sending crash
+  reports to our bugzilla, unpatched security issues.
+  https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6523
+
+sos - another RedHat-specific thing, unpatched security issues.
+  https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6525
+
+libgnomesu - really old and unmaintained upstream, unpatched security issues,
+  probably not needed.
+  https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7068
+
+I'm sure there are plenty of other good candidates.
+
+