On Ter, 2015-12-29 at 18:51 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On 12/29/2015 11:28 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote: > > > > > For example Mosaic-2.7-0.3.b5.fc11.x86_64 still works on Fedora > > > > 23 > > > > , but is a FTBFS since F12 or 13 . So fail to build is not > > > > equivalent to fail to run . > > > > > > > > > > Works but surely does not respect anymore all Packaging > > > guidelines of > > > Fedora. > > > > What guideline that is not respected ? > > - Fedora packages must be buildable (An FTBFS alone is a violation > of > the FPG) > - fc12/13 were using different CFLAGS, paths and rpm. It's very > likely > these packages are vulnerable and unusable. > - Fedora packages must carry the current release %dist. > > That said, packages which FTBFS since F12 should be removed and > abandoned.
we enter in loop , you are right , but Mosaic was an example how to know if works (rpm knows :) , Mosaic is not in RPMFusion anymore but still works, and it is exception , Mosaic is one of the first browsers ever (before Netscape) , yeah not the best example. > Ralf -- Sérgio M. B.