Deprecated packages

Packages that are considered retired from Fedora Package Collection

• A procedure on how to retire a package in CVS is described in Package End Of Life

• These are packages, which have been removed from the Fedora repository at some point of time. Sometimes because upstream projects have stopped, sometimes because the packages are considered obsolete in favour of other software that already exists in the repository. Think twice before re-adding them. The previous package maintainers may have had good reason to retire these packages.

• Eventually, these data may move into a package database.

915resolution	2007-11-18 - dropped for devel/F-9+; i810 driver no longer present in shipped version of xorg
amaya	2005-09-12 - never in FE5 or later
anjuta-gdl	2008-01-24 - renamed to libgdl in F-7 and later
aquamarine	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
at-poke	2006-01-09 - never in FE5 or later
atitvout	2008-03-30 - > F8 (handled by xrandr)
arc	FE5
autorun	2007-06-27 - obsoleted by modern desktop systems like Gnome or KDE
awesfx	2008-04-10 - doesn't compile with the latest kernel
bdock	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beecrypt	2007-12-05 - dropped for devel/F-9+, obsolete and unused
beryl-core	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-dbus	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-manager	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-plugins	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
beryl-settings	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
bin2iso	bin2iso doesn't come with any clear license statement, contacting upstream has failed
bitgtkmm	2009-01-28 - obsoleted by bit-gtkmm
bluecurve-kdm-theme	2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
bluez-libs	2008-10-02 - F10 and later, bluez-libs merged back in bluez package
bluez-utils	2008-10-02 - F10 and later, bluez-utils merged back in bluez package
bmp	FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious
bmp-flac2	FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious
bochs-bios	2009-03-06 - There is now a bochs-bios subpackage of bochs
booty	2009-04-01 - Merged back into anaconda
brightside	2006-08-10 - upstream vanished
cairo-dock	2009-02-12 - blocked after F10 for patent concerns
centericq	2007-10-09 - upstream is long dead, centerim is an actively maintained branch...
chkfontpath	20080122 - No longer necessary since the introduction of font catalogues.
cksfv	FE5
classpathx-jaxp	2008-04-01 - No longer maintained upstream, and contents are now in libgcj
compat-guichan06	2009-02-28 - No longer needed; replaced by guichan-0.7
compat-guile-16	2008-09-15 - Now opting guile 1.8 instead of guile 1.6 on F10
compat-wxGTK	2007-07-10 - obsolete
compat-wxPythonGTK2	2007-07-10 - obsolete
conexusmm	2009-01-28 - obsoleted by conexus-gtkmm
configure-thinkpad	2006-04-xx, requires tpctl - never in FE5 or later
conntrack	2007-12-15 - obsoleted by conntrack-tools
cpan2rpm	2009-05-11 - dead upstream. use cpan2spec instead
cpufreq-utils	2008-06-02 - renamed to cpufrequtils to match upstream project name
cupsddk	2009-03-11 - merged with cups in F-11
cvsup	2006-02-23 - never in FE5 or later
d4x	2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing issues - Artistic 1.0 only - Could not reach upstream for relicensing
dekorator	2008-01-25 - Obsolete package (requires KWin 3, which is no longer present in Fedora 9)
dejavu-lgc-fonts	2007-10-22 - starting from F9, standalone package retired in favor of a dejavu-fonts subpackage
dhcdbd	2007-09-21 - obsoleted by NetworkManager 0.7.0 and higher
diag-ether	2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
diradmin	2006-08-05 - No upstream
ddrescue	unknown - dd_rescue was packaged with the wrong name ddrescue, so ddrescue is not really retired but was never packaged at all.
dom2-core-tests	2008-04-01 - Package was never built into Fedora. Module was created before it was discovered that the package is not needed.
drivel	2008-07-17 - Dead/unresponsive upstream
eclipse-emf	2008-02-12 - Significant upstream renaming and movement. Will likely need to be multiple packages if resurrected.
eclipse-nlspackager	2008-04-25 - No upstream translations of 3.3.x.
eclipse-sdk-nls	2008-04-25 - No upstream translations of 3.3.x.
elmo	2006-02-22 - see #184530 for more info
em8300-kmod	2007-11-29 - external kmod packages no longer accepted in F9+
evolution-bogofilter	2007-08-23 - evolution absorbed this code
evolution-python	2008-05-18 - Obsoleted by gnome-python2-desktop (bz#444263)
evolution-webcal	2008-11-27 - Obsoleted by evolution-data-server (bz#468855)
f2py	2007-01-04 - contained in numpy, no more a standalone package upstream
fast-user-switch-applet	2008-03-08 - doesn't work with new gdm, obsoleted by gdm-user-switch-applet
fedora-rpmdevtools	2006-08-20 - renamed to rpmdevtools
fedoradna-kdm-theme	2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
fedoraflyinghigh-kdm-theme	2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
fedorainfinity-kdm-theme	2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
fillets-ng-data-cs	2006-09-14 - Additional data dropped by upstream
firefox-32	Fedora 8 - not needed. 'setarch i386 firefox' works if one needs to run a 32 bit browser, and nspluginwrapper will allow 32 bit plugins to work in a 64 bit browser
fonts-arabic	2008-07-07 - No longer in comps
fonts-chinese	2008-06-30 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by cjkunifonts.
fonts-hebrew	2008-07-07 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by culmus-fonts.
fonts-indic	2008-07-07 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by lohit-fonts.
fonts-korean	2008-06-30 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by baekmuk-ttf-fonts.
fonts-sinhala	2008-06-27 - Renamed to lklug-fonts
freefont	2009-03-24 - Renamed to gnu-free-fonts
gaim-gadugadu	Gadu-Gadu support is included in pidgin package
gaim-meanwhile	Meanwhile support is included in the pidgin package
gaim-otr	Obsoleted by pidgin-otr
gcfilms	Obsoleted by gcstar
gdesklets-calendar	2008-10-18 - Desklets included in gdesklets package
gimmie	2009-02-03 - Discontinued upstream
gkrellm-hddtemp	2007-09-08 - gkrellm can use server mode hddtemp directly
gktools	2006-02-28 - never in FE5 or later
gnome-applet-netmon	FE5, seems dead upstream
gnome-build	2009-02-14 - merged with anjuta in F-11 and later
gnome-keyring-manager	2008-12-01 - No more active upstream, use Seahorse as replacement
gnome-python2-gda	2007-07-24 - Provided by gnome-python2-extras since F8
gnome-spell	2008-06-05 - Unused since F10, upstream is dead
gnome-sudoku	FE7 (2006-10) - Absorbed by gnome-games
gnome-telnet	2006-06-03 - No upstream
gnome-theme-clearlooks-bigpack	2007-11-02 - Lack of upstream activity.
gpgme03	2006-10-16 - unused, everything else builds with gpgme-devel
graveman	2007-07-11 - No upstream activity
gruler	2008-10-09 - Renamed to sscreenruler
gstreamer-plugins-pulse	2008-11-07 - Obsoleted by gstreamer-plugins-good
gtkmozembedmm	2008-10-06 - No upstream activity since 2004 when last release done http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtkmozembedmm/1.4/ See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465910 for more information
gtkterm	FE5
gtktalog	2006-08-05 - No upstream
Gtk-Perl	2006-06-29 - Depends on ancient gnome libs, old gnome libs being dropped in FC-6
g-wrap	2007-07-02 - unused, gnucash now uses swig
gwenview	2008-01-16 - Included in kdegraphics (bug 427688)
HelixPlayer	2008-09-17 - Killed for patent concerns
hping2	2006-08-19 - Upstream stopped development and started hping3, which is now in Fedora package collection
htb-util	2006-03-05 - never in FE5 or later
heliodor	2007-10-17 - F8 and later, beryl merged back with compiz
hula	2006-09-13 - has never been built in FE
hunky-fonts	2008-02-20 - functionality in other fonts like dejavu and upstream has no plans to modify it further
i810switch	2007-09-28 - functionality obsoleted by xrandr in F8
icmpdn	FE5
inconsolata-fonts	2009-03-02 - Renamed levien-inconsolata-fonts
inti	2006-05-13 - never in FE5 or later
itext	2007-06-22 - licensing issues. see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236309
iozone	2008-08-27 - licensing issues. License did not give permission to modify.
ivman	2008-09-18 - potential licensing issues, upstream no more interested. See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18
jogl	2007-10-31 - "SGI Free Software License B" is not allowed for Fedora
juk	2007-10-13 - obsoleted by amarok
katapult	2008-09-15 - F10 - KDE4 deployment introduced Alt-F2
kio_p7zip	2009-05-11 - F11 - dead upstream. KDE3 only
kleansweep	2008-09-15 - F10 - KDE4 deployment introduced alternative.
kmobiletools	2008-12-18 - upstream is dead
knetworkmanager	2008-12-18 - obsolete in kde-4.2
kompose	2009-02-25 - upstream is dead, never updated for kde 4
kooldock	2009-02-12 - blocked after F10 for patent concerns
kphone	2007-08-28 - upstream is dead
kpowersave	2008-12-18 - kde3 only, better newer tools
ksplash-engine-moodin	2008-01-25 - dropped for devel/F-9+ ; not available for KDE4
ksudoku	2007-11-24 - removed from devel/F9+, kdegames v4 includes ksudoku
ksynaptics	2009-02-20 - Upstream long dead
kvm	2009-03-06 - Provided by qemu
kyum	2008-06-23 - No support from upstream anymore
l2tpd	2007-02-20 - obsoleted by xl2tpd
libassetml	FE6 - was only used by gcompris, which no longer uses it, upstream is dead too.
libdhcp	2008-12-04 - removed because anaconda now uses NetworkManager and mkinitrd now uses dhclient
libgdamm	FE5 - not orphaned but severely bitrotted, removed per request
libgii	FE10 - failed to package the whole ggi-project - failed at usability tests.
libmatchbox	FE5 - was this ever actually available for any distro?
libmusicbrainz	2009-01-23 - Deprecated upstream
libol	2006-09-09 - It is now included in the syslog-ng 1.6.x tarballs. Upstream announcement: https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2005-June/007630.html
libosip	2007-08-28 - Old compatibility package that is no longer needed. Use libosip2.
libsvg	2006-11-12 - Used by compiz but has now been replaced by librsvg
libsvg-cairo	2006-11-12 - Used by compiz but has now been replaced by librsvg
libsynaptics	2009-02-20 - Upstream long dead
libtabe	2006-09-14 - Not required by any packages after absent of xcin in coming Fedora.
libtermcap	2007-12-12 - Obsoleted by ncurses.
libtunepimp	2009-01-23 - Deprecated upstream
libxfce4mcs	2009-02-09 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
libXTrap	2008-07-21 - Deprecated upstream, unused in any Fedora package
libXfontcache	2008-07-21 - Long since deprecated upstream, unused in any Fedora package
libzvt	2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later
lineak-defaultplugin	2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineak-kdeplugins	2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineak-xosdplugin	2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineakd	2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lincvs	Will be replaced by crossvc
linkage	2000-03-03 - Package is dead upstream
mew	2009-01-28 - renamed to emacs-mew
mknbi	2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
mktemp	2008-03-13 - never in F9 or later
mosml	2008-09-10 - Uses code under a non-free license
ms-sys	2009-03-02 - Had non-free MBR and boot records embedded in the source code
nabi	2006-04-02 - never in FE5 or later
ncarg	2008-02-28 - replaced by ncl in F9 or later
netdiag	2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
netpanzer-data	2007-09-07 - Merged into netpanzer to follow merge by upstream.
njb-sharp	2008-02-21 - Package not used by anything, useless, not wanted.
nomadsync	2007-04-17 - Upstream dead for two years, does not respond to bug reports.
notemeister	2006-08-10 - Upstream stopped development and started a new project
ocaml-bitmatch	2008-07-17 - This package was renamed to ocaml-bitstring
ocsinventory-client	2008-03-08 - dropped from devel/F9 - Obsoleted by ocsinventory-agent
oki4linux	2009-03-21 - Obsoleted by foomatic oki* drivers, printer confirmed working with foomatic driver on F-9
okteta	2008-05-07 - included in kdeutils in KDE 4.1 and later (still shipped separately in F9 until KDE 4.1 is pushed to F9)
olpc-hardware-manager	2009-04-06 - Obsoleted by ohm.
openalpp	2007-09-29 - Obsoleted by osgal-0.6.1
opendap	2006-09-15 - Thoroughly obsolete, replaced upstream by libdap
openssl097a	2007-08-24 - Very old version of openssl097a shouldn't be used anymore.
Opyum	2008-06-12 - useless without pirut and PackageKit plans to implement offline package management
pam_fprint	2008-12-09 - Obsoleted in F11 by integration in GNOME control-center
packagekit-qt	2008-10-17 - Obsoleted by qpackagekit
paragui	2007-11-13 - Long dead upstream, no longer used by any packages in Fedora.
parchive	2005-xx-xx, no deps. Obsoleted by par2cmdline, in FE-4 and latter.
pdftk	2007-06-24 - licensing issues. see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=236309
php-manual-en	2008-01-05 - Removed from F9-devel onwards; licensing issues, see http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=419081
php-mmcache	2006-09-14 - Dead and forked as php-eaccelerator
php-pear-PHPUnit2	2007-10-04 - Obsoleted by php-pear-PHPUnit package which contains version 3.x+
php-pecl-sqlite	2006-08-28 - This extension is built into PHP 5 by default
php-pecl-zip	2006-12-02 - This extension is built into PHP 5.2.0 by default (Bugzilla #215966)
perl-Class-Gomor	2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-DBIx-SQLite-Simple	2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Packet	2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Packet-Target	2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Write	2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-RPM2	2008-09-17 - Doesn't compile with rpm-libs-4.5.90
perl-Wx-Perl-Dialog	2009-03-31 - package is part of Padre since Padre-0.28
plib16	2007-02-02 - Compat package no longer required by anything (#222111)
postgresql-dbi-link	2007-01-22 - Removed per author's request (He does not want Oracle and Excel to be removed)
ppracer	2008-03-11 - Long dead upstream, succeeded by extremetuxracer.
pstack	2008-02-20 - Package gdb (its gstack) replaced the almost already empty package.
pwlib	2008-09-30 - F-10. Replaced by ptlib, ekiga/opal were the only user of it and are now using ptlib.
pyclutter	2008-10-07 - F-10. There is not upstream version compatible with clutter 0.8.x.
python-dbsprockets	2009-03-04 - Obsoleted by python-sprox
python-nltk_lite	2008-04-07 - Renamed by upstream to nltk (= python-nltk)
python-libtorrent	2007-03-07 - Was maintained as an external package by the upstream Deluge developers; but it has become part of the core Deluge packaging as of the 0.5-Beta release series, and the external package is no longer supported by its upstream developers.
python-urljr	2008-04-01 - Was only used by an earlier version of python-openid and is no longer needed by the current version.
python-yadis	2008-04-01 - Was only used by an earlier version of python-openid and is no longer needed by the current version.
pywbxml	2008-06-18 - Was only used by an earlier version of synce-sync-engine and was incorporated with the latest release
pyxapian	2009-04-07 - Was only used by OLPC. Is obsoleted by xapian-python and/or xappy
qa-assistant	2008-09-05 - Orphaned upstream
qfits	2008-04-10 - not required by cpl anymore, using cfitsio instead
rcssbase	2008-11-06 - obsolete by rcssserver-13.0.0
redhat-artwork-kde	2007-05-10 - built as a subpackage of redhat-artwork now (#239495)
R-gnomeGUI	2006-06-08 - No upstream, depends on ancient gnome libs, old gnome libs being dropped in FC-6
R-Matrix	2009-04-20 - Merged into upstream R with 2.9.0
rman	2008-09-09 - Only available under Artistic 1.0, could not reach upstream for relicensing
rpmproc	2005-03-17 - upstream project dead
rssowl	2006-06-22 - BuildRequires itext, which was just removed due to licensing problems
rubygem-actionwebservice	2007-12-22 - upstream abandoned it in favor of activeresource
scim-sinhala	2006-06-12 - renamed to scim-sayura in devel/F-10 and later
screem	FE5
scrollkeeper	2007-08-03 - Obsoleted by rarian
SDLmm	2007-11-13 - Long dead upstream, no longer used by any packages in Fedora.
search4files	2007-01-17 - upstream renamed to catfish
serenity	2008-01-26 - dropped for devel/F-9+ ; not yet available for KDE4
silky	FE5 - upstream project dead
sion	2009-02-23 - Renamed gigolo upstream.
sirius	2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later
skencil	2008-07-09 - does not work with tk 8.5 any more
smeg	Renamed to alacarte (when?)
sodipodi	2006-06-03 - No upstream response, no activity. Use Inkscape instead.
sugar-evince	F11 2009-05-16 - Changes all merged upstream into evince so this fork is dead.
swh-plugins	FE6 2006-12-27 - renamed to ladspa-swh-plugins
synaptics	2009-02-18 - Obsoleted by xorg-x11-drv-synaptics in rawhide (F11)
synce	2007-10-30 - split into various other package e.g. libsynce, librra etc.
sysklogd	2007-07-19 - Obsoleted by rsyslog
sysprof	2008-04-09 - Removed due to missing kmod dependency
sysprof-kmod	2007-12-01 - external kmod packages no longer accepted in F9+
system-config-soundcard	2008-04-10 - removed after discussion, sound will be configured by PA in F9+
system-summary	2008-03-19 - This wasn't really used to begin with, and now gnome-system-monitor provides an 'about this computer' dialog
system-switch-im	2006-09-15 - Obsoleted by im-chooser in FC.
system-switch-java	2008-07-27 - dropped for f10
tastymenu	DOesn't work in KDE4
tcl-tcldict	2008-01-07 - Obsoleted by tcl-8.5.0-4 in rawhide (F9)
tcl-tile	Obsoleted by tk-8.5 (F9+)
tdl	2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
termcap	2007-12-12 - Obsoleted by ncurses.
tetex-arabtex	2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
tetex-armtex	2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
tetex-eurofont	2008-09-11 - non-free license, couldn't reach copyright holder for relicensing
tetex-font-tipa	2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later
tetex-lgrind	2005-xx-xx - never in FE5 or later - license is non-Free according to upstream README
themes-backgrounds-gnome	FE5
theora-exp	Not in F-8 and later, F-8 contains libtheora 1.0alpha8, which includes the former exp. codec
thinkpad-kmod, thinkpad-kmod-common	2006-04-xx, required by tpctl - never in FE5 or later
thunar-shares	2009-02-23 - F10 - Renamed to thunar-shares-plugin
tile	Obsoleted by tk-8.5.0-2 in rawhide (F9)
tpctl	2006-04-xx, required by configure-thinkpad, requires thinkpad-kmod - never in FE5 or later
tuxkart	FE5, FE6 2006-10-06 - replaced by supertuxkart, should get upgraded automaticly
unison	2008-03-30 - replaced by unison213 and unison227
uqm-content	2008-09-11 - Commercial restrictions in licensing, uqm now gets content from autodownloader
vdr-subtitles	2008-04-07 - Obsoleted by VDR >= 1.6.0
vdrift-data	2008-08-13 - Merged into vdrift to follow upstream.
VLGothic-fonts	2009-02-10 Renamed to vlgothic-fonts.
vnc	2009-01-21 - Dropped from F11, replaced by tightvnc
WebKit	2009-04-13 - Renamed to webkitgtk, following the upstream WebKitGTK+ port.
wxsvg	2009-01-20 - No software uses it without the ffmpeg extensions - see [1]
XaraLX	unknown - includes a binary library in XaraLX-0.7r1764/libs
xcin	2006-09-14 - Obsoleted by scim and other input methods.
xfce4-dict-plugin	2008-07-10 - F10 - Subpackage of xfce4-dict.
xfce4-gsynaptics-plugin	2008-07-29 - F10 - Renamed to xfce-mcs-plugin-gsynaptics.
xfce4-minicmd-plugin	2008-07-10 - F10 - Dead upstream, superseded by xfce4-verve-plugin.
xfce4-screenshooter-plugin	2009-01-04 - F10 - Subpackage of xfce4-screenshooter.
xfce-mcs-manager	2009-02-09 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugin-gsynaptics	2009-02-10 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugins	2009-02-09 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugins-extra	2009-02-10 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xmldiff	2007-04-05 - F7
xmoto-edit	2008-06-10 - F10 - Dead upstream, superseded by inksmoto.
xorg-x11-drv-magictouch	2008-03-03 - Dropped from F9, utterly non-functional
xorg-x11-drv-via	2008-03-10 - Dropped from F9, obsoleted by openchrome
zoo	2006-07-03 - No upstream, few users, needs security audit