Bug 1627412 - viewvc: Remove packages from Fedora 30+: viewvc
Summary: viewvc: Remove packages from Fedora 30+: viewvc
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: viewvc
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Bojan Smojver
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: PY2REMOVAL
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Reported: 2018-09-10 15:35 UTC by Miro Hrončok
Modified: 2018-09-11 08:41 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-09-11 08:41:12 UTC
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Description Miro Hrončok 2018-09-10 15:35:37 UTC
In line with the Mass Python 2 Package Removal [0], the following (sub)packages of viewvc were marked for removal:

 * viewvc

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 remove them from your package.

As said in the change document, if there is no objection in a week, we will remove the package(s) as soon as we get to it. This change might not match your packaging style, so we'd prefer if you did the change. If you need more time, please let us know here.

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

Comment 1 Bojan Smojver 2018-09-10 21:43:01 UTC
As far as I'm aware, there is no viewvc written in python3. So, we'll need to keep this as is.

Does that make sense?

Comment 2 Miro Hrončok 2018-09-10 21:51:07 UTC
I have no idea what viewvc is. But apparently it is a Python 2 importable module. Is it something more? For example, how woudl a Fedora user use viewvc?

Comment 3 Bojan Smojver 2018-09-10 22:04:12 UTC
Yes. It's a package for viewing SVN and CVS repositories. See: http://viewvc.org/

Comment 4 Miro Hrončok 2018-09-10 22:59:48 UTC
I fail to understand how does Fedora user run it. How would a Fedora user use viewvc?

Comment 5 Bojan Smojver 2018-09-11 00:32:02 UTC
Normally, one uses it behind a web server. For instance:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc

If you've ever seen cgit, websvn or something similar, that is along the lines of what this tool does as well.

Comment 6 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2018-09-11 06:51:47 UTC
It hath /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/viewvc/bin/cgi with stuff there.

Comment 7 Miro Hrončok 2018-09-11 08:41:12 UTC
Whitelisted CGI scripts in https://github.com/fedora-python/portingdb/commit/d5893a714c89

Sorry for the noise, Bojan.


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