In line with the Mass Python 2 Package Removal [0], all (sub)packages of python-mecab were marked for removal: * python2-mecab According to our query, those packages only provide a Python 2 importable module. If this is not true, please tell us why, so we can fix our query. Please retire your package in Rawhide (Fedora 30). If there is no objection in a week, we will retire the package for you. We hope this doesn't come to you as a surprise. If you want to know our motivation for this, please read the change document [0]. [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mass_Python_2_Package_Removal
Because I use this and there are users outside, I don't plan to remove this for now, sorry.
I don't consider this a good enough reasons. Please provide more information why is this needed to be packaged in Fedora as an RPM.
It may not be good reason for _you_ , but it is for me. Nothing more.
Usually the reason people packages software as rpm is because "I use Fedora, I use the software on Fedora and I feel like packaging it as rpm" and it is enough reason.
Maintaining critical software without support from upstream is not fun, and it takes a lot of time. That's why the current maintainers of python2 want to orphan it. This bug is the place to coordinate and discuss how dropping python2 will affect your package. There are several ways it can go: - the (sub)package is removed from Fedora, - we talk and decide when and how the package will best removed (for example, we can give guidance on switching to python3), - you or someone else agrees to maintain python2 after it's orphaned, or - you expect that we do boring work, for free, forever. Since the bug was closed without discussion, we sadly assume the last option. You'll get no further warning before we remove this package's dependencies. If you want to talk about a better solution, just re-open the bug.