Long-term package versions (RHEL 5+ extended to 10 years until EOL)

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:17:47 +0100
Till Maas <opensource at till.name> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 05:21:56PM -0500, Tom Diehl wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Till Maas wrote:
> > 
> > >On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 03:29:40PM -0500, Tom Diehl wrote:
> > >
> > >>Currently, how can I tell if there are any other epel packages
> > >>that have been orphaned?
> > >
> > >You can inspect the list that the following command generates on
> > >your server:
> > >package-cleanup --orphans
> > 
> > I was not aware of that command so I took a look at it. Correct me
> > if I am wrong but I think that just tells if there is an rpm in any
> > of the configured repos. With mediawiki package-cleanup shows
> > nothing since the original mediawiki rpm is still in the repo.
> > 
> > Am I missing something?
> 
> Sorry, this was my fault. I assumed that orphaned packages are removed
> from the repo. But maybe this shows a proper way to deal with this
> issue: Create a new EPEL repo called epel-orphans or similar, disable
> it by default and move all orphaned packages there. Then users can
> still get the lastest orphaned package by enabling epel-orphans and
> package-cleanup --orphans can be used.

They should be removed from the repos. 

Looks like mediawiki wasn't retired correctly. It's orphaned, but you
need to also request it being blocked by rel-eng. 

kevin
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