On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 at 09:10, Petr Menšík <pemen...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Okay, thank you. Retired the package in rawhide and orphaned the > package. If the removal should be required also in stable releases, I > would have to take it again. It would be a part of f38 as it is now > sadly, should it be removed even when it is already in the final freeze? > > This is for the beta versus final release so I think a ticket to releng https://pagure.io/releng/ explaining the reason and why it needs to be removed should cover it. For F37 and F36, it is there and done. I would just let it 'time-out' in those releases. > I am not sure how much severe is the license problem. Should all stable > branches get it retired too? Should complete removal [1] apply to this > package? > > 1. > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Package_Retirement_Process/#complete_removal > > On 3/13/23 08:31, Florian Weimer wrote: > > * Petr Menšík: > > > >> Is it enough if I orphan that package? Is there any guidance where > >> existing package is found to have licensing problem, how should it be > >> solved? Should something be done to the stable branches also? Should > >> it be retired from all stable branches as well? How should I proceed > >> in this case? > > I think you should retire it from rawhide at least because it will fail > > to build after the C99 transition for Fedora 40 anyway. > > > > As far as I understand it, Fedora still has permission to distribute, we > > just don't like the license, so no special action is required from a > > licensing perspective. Neither Fedora Legal nor the packaging committee > > request removal in such cases or carry it out themselves. At most, a > > bug will be filed, but if the maintainer ignores it, basically nothing > > happens. > > > > Thanks, > > Florian > > > -- > Petr Menšík > Software Engineer, RHEL > Red Hat, https://www.redhat.com/ > PGP: DFCF908DB7C87E8E529925BC4931CA5B6C9FC5CB > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- Stephen Smoogen, Red Hat Automotive Let us be kind to one another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle. -- Ian MacClaren
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