Proposed removal of packages with long-standing FTBFS failures

[Pavel Shevchuk]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Pavel Alexeev (aka Pahan-Hubbitus)
<forum at ru.bir.ru> wrote:
> Pavel Shevchuk пишет:
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:09 PM, forum <forum at ru.bir.ru> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Matt Domsch пишет:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The following 90 packages have had FTBFS (Fails to Build From Source)
>>>> failures for several months, some as far back as February 2008.
>>>>
>>>> There are several "trivial" failures which could be addressed easily.
>>>> 8 fail due to unpackaged files
>>>> 6 fail due to patch fuzz
>>>> 1 fails due to open() not passing a mode.
>>>>
>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FTBFS describes the FTBFS process.
>>>>
>>>> As was proposed to FESCO, packages with unresolved FTBFS bugs
>>>> immediately following the Alpha release will be removed from the
>>>> distribution. Package owners may request that their package _not_ be
>>>> removed provided they are actively working on resolving the FTBFS and
>>>> have a plan to resolve the FTBFS before the Release Candidate
>>>> release.  FESCo has the final say of course, but these are the items
>>>> on my candidate list.  I'd prefer packages get fixed rather than
>>>> removed.  If you are the package owner, or are interested in the
>>>> future of these packages, please investigate these build failures and
>>>> fix them ASAP.
>>>>
>>>> aiksaurus-1.2.1-15.fc6 [u'434484 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) uwog
>>>> astyle-1.21-6.fc8 [u'433971 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) addutko,mtasaka
>>>> aterm-1.0.1-2.fc9 [u'440779 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) awjb
>>>> bes-3.5.3-3.fc9 [u'434360 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pertusus
>>>> bitbake-1.8.8-1.fc8 [u'440562 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ixs
>>>> bmpx-0.40.14-5.fc9 [u'449431 ASSIGNED'] (patch_fuzz) akahl
>>>> brltty-3.9-2.2.fc9 [u'449446 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) kasal
>>>> brutus-keyring-0.9.0-6.fc8 [u'434007 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> bpepple,colding
>>>> camstream-0.26.3-12.fc8 [u'434345 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) nomis80
>>>> coolkey-1.1.0-6.fc9 [u'440753 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) rrelyea,jmagne
>>>> dap-freeform_handler-3.7.7-2.fc9 [u'434362 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> pertusus
>>>> dap-hdf4_handler-3.7.7-3.fc9 [u'434363 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pertusus
>>>> djvulibre-3.5.20-2.fc9 [u'440910 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) thias
>>>> elektra-0.6.10-6.fc9 [u'434364 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pertusus,kwizart
>>>> erlang-R12B-3.1.fc10 [u'449432 ASSIGNED'] (patch_fuzz) gemi
>>>> fish-1.23.0-2.fc9 [u'440724 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ascii,oliver
>>>> fluxstyle-1.0.1-2.fc7 [u'440757 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) errr
>>>> fonttools-2.0-0.11.20060223cvs.fc7 [u'434409 ASSIGNED']
>>>> (unpackaged_files/python-egg-info?) roozbeh,fonts-sig
>>>> fontypython-0.2.0-6.fc7 [u'440756 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> cr33dog,fonts-sig
>>>> fwbuilder-2.1.16-2.fc9 [u'440846 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ertzing
>>>> gauche-0.8.13-1.fc9 [u'449627 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) gemi
>>>> gcl-2.6.7-18.fc9 [u'440913 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) gemi,green
>>>> gdmap-0.7.5-6.fc6 [u'434529 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) splinux
>>>> gpsim-0.22.0-5.fc8 [u'434061 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) dionysos
>>>> gstm-1.2-6.fc7 [u'434531 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) splinux
>>>> gtk-sharp-1.0.10-12.fc7 [u'434373 ASSIGNED']
>>>> (unpackaged_files/python-egg-info?) pfj
>>>> guile-gnome-platform-2.15.93-6.fc8 [u'434289 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> laxathom
>>>> g-wrap-1.9.9-5.fc9 [u'434278 ASSIGNED'] (patch_fuzz) laxathom
>>>> HelixPlayer-1.0.9-4.fc10 [u'449474 ASSIGNED'] (patch_fuzz) abompard
>>>> ht2html-2.0-5.fc6 [u'440916 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ifoox
>>>> itpp-4.0.0-2.fc9 [u'434076 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) edhill
>>>> jabbin-2.0-0.6.beta2a.fc9 [u'440730 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> jgroups-2.2.9.2-3jpp.2 [u'434352 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) dbhole
>>>> kdebluetooth-1.0-0.41.beta8.fc9 [u'449604 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> gilboa,scop
>>>> ladspa-1.12-9.fc9 [u'449542 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) thomasvs
>>>> libdap-3.7.10-2.fc9 [u'434366 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pertusus
>>>> libFoundation-1.1.3-11.fc9 [u'440564 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) athimm
>>>> libfwbuilder-2.1.16-2.fc9 [u'449591 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ertzing
>>>> libnc-dap-3.7.0-9.fc9 [u'434367 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pertusus
>>>> libopensync-0.36-2.fc9 [u'449510 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) awjb
>>>> libzzub-0.2.3-12.fc9 [u'449661 ASSIGNED'] (patch_fuzz) akahl,mtasaka
>>>> lilypond-2.10.33-1.fc8 [u'434394 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) limb
>>>> lineakd-0.9-5.fc6 [u'434523 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) xris
>>>> lineak-defaultplugin-0.9-2.fc6 [u'434520 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) xris
>>>> lineak-xosdplugin-0.9-2.fc6 [u'434522 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) xris
>>>> linpsk-0.9-3.fc9 [u'440778 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> bjensen,sindrepb,sconklin
>>>> linux-atm-2.5.0-5 [u'434069 ASSIGNED', u'449613 ASSIGNED'] (build/make)
>>>> dwmw2
>>>> lostirc-0.4.6-3.fc8 [u'440921 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) splinux,splinux
>>>> lrmi-0.10-4.fc9 [u'449509 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pwouters
>>>> mimetic-0.9.3-2.fc8 [u'434086 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ensc
>>>> mod_suphp-0.6.3-1.fc9 [u'449578 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) ixs
>>>> monodevelop-0.19-6.fc9 [u'449441 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) pfj
>>>> mosml-2.01-11.fc9 [u'449445 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) gemi
>>>> moto4lin-0.3-6.fc7 [u'434135 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) jafo
>>>> muine-scrobbler-0.1.8-5.fc9 [u'449482 ASSIGNED'] (build/make) sindrepb
>>>> mx-2.0.6-3 [u'434325 ASSIGNED'] (unpackaged_files/python-egg-info?) misa
>>>> mysql-gui-tools-5.0r12-8.fc9 [u'440734 ASSIGNED', u'433987 ASSIGNED']
>>>> (patch_fuzz) ausil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not maintainer of this package, but mysql-gui-tools is interesting
>>> for
>>> me.
>>> I think I can fix it soon.
>>>
>>
>> I fixed shellbang patch fuzzyness -
>> http://attic.scwlab.com/mysql-administrator-spawn_fetches.patch
>> But now it fails because of GTK API change =(
>>
>>
>
> In one of the bug (#433987) I'm propose link to my src.rpm which is
> successfully built on my Fedora9.

F9 has older gtk2. On F10 code needs to be patched


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