On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:42:04PM -0800, Eric Smith wrote:
Matt Domsch wrote:
However, check if unifdef is really needed. The kernel team knew it was going to be orphaned, and said "that's OK, as the kernel tree has its own copy that's maintained there." or somesuch. If not, letting it stay dead is fine - desireable in fact.
What is the criteria for whether a Fedora package is "really needed" and for which staying dead is "desirable"? I picked it up because I use it myself; I had no idea that it had anything whatsoever to do with the "kernel team", and I don't have any use for a "copy that's maintained there".
If you need/use it and want to maintain it, you are free to do so. If the kernel team knows a better alternative that you should consider, then the package should be retired instead of just orphaned and an explanation about why it was retired should be added to a dead.package file in the CVS devel branch. Usually the latter is not done, so you can only ask the previous maintainers. Nevertheless, having a "copy that's maintained there" sounds like bad packaging practice.
Regards Till