https://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/rpm-repository-is-available-for-rhelcentosfedora/
is this application needed by Franta?? Antonio Montagnani Linux Fedora 28 Workstation da/from Gmail 2018-05-03 17:33 GMT+02:00 Todd Zullinger <t...@pobox.com>: > Franta Hanzlík wrote: > > I want to upgrade my Fedora 19 server to Fedora 27, but is seems as > > from cca Fedora 24+ ocsinventory packages (server and agents) are not > > in Fedora repos (although this SW is still maintained and released > > under (Fedora acceptable) GPLv2 license: > > http://ask.ocsinventory-ng.org/7459/license-about-ocs- > inventory-ng?show=7459#q7459 > > https://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/ > > ) > > With a situation when some packages are missing in new Fedora distros > > (and they was in previous) I have met several times, so I want to ask > > rather generally: Is it possible to find out the fate of such package? > > It generally is, though sometimes it takes a little digging. > The way I go about it is to check in the git repository for > packages. > > When a package is retired from the distribution the spec > file and other files are replaced with a dead.package file. > The dead.package file should include the reason the package > was retired. > > In the case of ocsinventory, it looks like it was orphaned > (which is what we call it when the maintainer formally > ceases to maintain the package). If no one else steps up to > maintain the package it is then retired. > > You might start at https://src.fedoraproject.org/. From > there you can select the "Browse" link in the upper right > and then search for ocsinventory. That leads you to > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ocsinventory. > > You'll notice the reb bubble with "Retired on Fedora" near > the top. To view the dead.package file, click on the Files > link. From there, clicking on the dead.package link shows > the reason for the retirement: > > 2016-05-19: Retired orphaned package, because it was > orphaned for more than six weeks. > > Hopefully that helps you a little (though not as much as > having ocsinventory available of course). > > It's always possible for someone else to unorphan the > package and pick up maintenance. Fedora relies heavily on > volunteer maintainers. Maybe someone reading will decide to > pick up the package. :) > > -- > Todd > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Every man should have a college education in order to show him how > little the thing is really worth. > -- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), "A Message to Garcia" > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > >
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