https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Deprecate_Apache_Maven_2.x
== Summary == Mark Apache Maven 2.x software packages as deprecated. == Owner == * Name: [[User:Mizdebsk|Mikolaj Izdebski]] * Email: mizde...@redhat.com == Detailed Description == The last upstream release of Apache Maven 2.x was in November 2009, more than 9 years ago. Upstream declares that this version of Maven has reached its end of life, is no longer supported and that security vulnerability reports will not be addressed <ref>https://maven.apache.org/maven-2.x-eol.html</ref>. The next major version, Maven 3, is available in Fedora 15 and later since year 2010. Apache Maven 2.x software packages are intended to be eventually removed from Fedora, but are kept in Fedora for some additional, indeterminate time for various reasons including maintaining backwards compatibility. In order to prevent new packages from depending on these packages, they are marked as deprecated. As of time of submilsion of this change proposal, 75 Fedora components still Require or BuildRequire Apache Maven 2.x packages, therefore immediate retirement of these packages is not feasible at this point. == Benefit to Fedora == Packages of obsolete Apache Maven 2.x software will be clearly and explicitly marked as deprecated. Other packages in Fedora will not be able to add dependencies on deprecated packages (that includes Requires, BuildRequires, Recommends, Suggests, etc.). This applies both for updates of existing packages and new packages added to Fedora. This in turn will make it easier to gradually remove dependencies on deprecated packages and finally remove deprecated Apache Maven 2.x software from Fedora. == Scope == * Proposal owners: add special virtual provides <code>deprecated()</code> to all packages built from <code>maven2</code> source component. * Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7990 #7990] == User Experience == No change in user experience. Technically, nothing changes; deprecated packages work and behave as before. -- Ben Cotton Fedora Program Manager TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
