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Description of problem: I would like to fix and rebuild my package python2-ipython in rawhide but I cannot because my package depends on python2-matplotlib which is missing there. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): NA How reproducible: Allways Steps to Reproduce: dnf install python2-matplotlib Actual results: No match for argument: python2-matplotlib Error: Unable to find a match Expected results: python2-matplotlib installed
Are you willing to maintain it? I maintain an EPEL-only stub package named python2-matplotlib which contains nothing but a dependency on python-matplotlib. It was retired and blocked on rawhide. It was briefly unretired on rawhide and then immediately orphaned, so it was removed. If you want to maintain python2-matplotlib in Fedora then great, we can get it unblocked and you can go about the business of keeping it working. But I'm certainly not going to do it, because I never wanted it to exist in Fedora at all. I recall there was a call for someone to maintain this previously which received no response but maybe the alternative (remove packages like python2-ipython) will be enough to get someone to step up.
(In reply to Jason Tibbitts from comment #1) > Are you willing to maintain it? > > I maintain an EPEL-only stub package named python2-matplotlib which contains > nothing but a dependency on python-matplotlib. It was retired and blocked > on rawhide. It was briefly unretired on rawhide and then immediately > orphaned, so it was removed. > > If you want to maintain python2-matplotlib in Fedora then great, we can get > it unblocked and you can go about the business of keeping it working. But > I'm certainly not going to do it, because I never wanted it to exist in > Fedora at all. I recall there was a call for someone to maintain this > previously which received no response but maybe the alternative (remove > packages like python2-ipython) will be enough to get someone to step up. Since there doesn't seem to be anyone else - can you add me as a maintainer of the package? FAS: ellert
(In reply to Mattias Ellert from Bug #1641797, comment #11) > I saw the call. I was hoping someone more directly affected would pick it > up. I maintain a package that depend on a package that depends on it, so I > am a bit peripheral to the issue. > > If there is noone else I can do it, but I do think that someone who use the > package more regularly or maintain a package that directly depend on it > would be able to do a better job. Maintaining it shouldn't be much of a problem. It's just that the lack of *any* response so far from affected packagers (other than "OK, remove it") puts it very low on anyone's priority/motivation list. IMO, "orphaned" would be the perfect state for a package that no one cares about, except people that just need more time to stop depending on it.
I've added ellert as a maintainer for the python2-matplotlib package. It will still need to be unblocked in order for a build to be done. I can help with that if you need me to do so.
Thank you Mattias that you'll take care of the package. I am not the right person to do so because we would like to remove the whole Python 2 stack from Fedora 30+ but it should happen to each package in the right time when nothing depends on it.
(In reply to Jason Tibbitts from comment #4) > I've added ellert as a maintainer for the python2-matplotlib package. It > will still need to be unblocked in order for a build to be done. I can help > with that if you need me to do so. I have files an unblock request with releng, but if you can speed it up it would be great. https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7888
releng is going to be a bit swamped for the next few days with the F29 release, so you'll need to give it a bit of time.
For some reason the build was untagged. I have reopened the releng ticket. https://pagure.io/releng/issue/7888
It is back again - hopefully more permanently.