https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Deprecate_Sonatype_OSS_Parent
== Summary == Mark Sonatype OSS Parent software packages as deprecated. == Owner == * Name: [[User:Mizdebsk|Mikolaj Izdebski]] * Email: mizde...@redhat.com == Detailed Description == Upstream declares that the project is no longer active or supported and that the software no longer work with latest Maven and/or Java versions <ref>https://github.com/sonatype/oss-parents</ref>. There has been no development for more than 4 years. Sonatype OSS Parent is obsolete software. <code>sonatype-oss-parent</code> packages are intended to be eventually removed from Fedora, but are kept in Fedora for some additional, indeterminate time due to relatively large number of packages still depending on Sonatype OSS Parent. In order to prevent new packages from depending on these packages, they are marked as deprecated. As of time of submission of this change proposal, 172 Fedora components still Require or BuildRequire Sonatype OSS Parent packages, therefore immediate retirement of these packages is not feasible at this point. == Benefit to Fedora == Packages of obsolete Sonatype OSS Parent 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 Sonatype OSS Parent software from Fedora. == Scope == * Proposal owners: add special virtual provides <code>deprecated()</code> to <code>sonatype-oss-parent</code> package. * Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7991 #7991] == 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
