Hi all!

The package called "malaga" is in a bit of a difficult situation. It failed
to build from source (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2385169),
but I just managed to fix the build. However, I'm still considering
orphaning or even retiring it.

A short description of the package: A software package for the development
and application of grammars that are used for the analysis of words and
sentences of natural languages.

Unfortunately, the upstream home page is missing (
https://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/). Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael
Piotrowski seems to host the last source tarball on his website at
https://dynalabs.de/mxp/malaga but I would not call that a new upstream,
because there is no maintenance. I guess you might be able to send him
patches, but there does not seem to be a release process or a source
control system in use.

Debian has removed malaga, see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/malaga

I originally packaged malaga for Fedora, because at the time (2007) it was
a requirement for the Finnish spell checker Voikko. That is no longer the
case. Frankly, I do not need or use malaga any more.

If you are a Fedora packager (or even a user) and you use malaga, please
let me know. I will probably keep the package in Fedora for F43, but I am
unsure about the future. If I find co-maintainers, it will be easier to
keep this package alive.

I solved the incompatible pointer issues, which caused the package to
FTBFS. The build still warns about deprecations. I am feeling like I do not
have the persistence at this moment to maintain a package like malaga,
which does not have a proper upstream or even a mailing list/forum to
discuss with people familiar with the code.

Best regards,
Ville-Pekka Vainio
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