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Packages that are considered retired from Fedora Package Collection
- A procedure on how to retire a package in CVS is described here: ["PackageMaintainers/PackageEndOfLife"]
- 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 |
| bluecurve-kdm-theme | 2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4 |
| bmp | FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious |
| bmp-flac2 | FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious |
| brightside | 2006-08-10 - upstream vanished |
| 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| classpathx-jaxp | 2008-04-01 - No longer maintained upstream, and contents are now in libgcj |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-libgda | 2008-08-22 - F8 - previous stable release no longer used |
| compat-wxGTK | 2007-07-10 - obsolete |
| compat-wxPythonGTK2 | 2007-07-10 - obsolete |
| configure-thinkpad | 2006-04-xx, requires tpctl - never in FE5 or later |
| conntrack | 2008-12-15 - obsoleted by conntrack-tools |
| cvsup | 2006-02-23 - never in FE5 or later |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| f2py | 2007-01-04 - contained in numpy, no more a standalone package upstream |
| fillets-ng-data-cs | 2006-09-14 - Additional data dropped by upstream |
| 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 |
| fast-user-switch-applet | 2008-03-08 - doesn't work with new gdm, obsoleted by gdm-user-switch-applet |
| 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 |
| 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-python2-gda | 2007-07-24 - Provided by gnome-python2-extras since F8 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| guiloader | 2006-12-12 - Upstream (crow/gideon) gone |
| guiloader-c++ | 2006-12-12 - Upstream (crow/gideon) gone |
| g-wrap | 2007-07-02 - unused, gnucash now uses swig |
| gwenview | 2008-01-16 - Included in kdegraphics (bug 427688) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| jogl | 2007-10-31 - "SGI Free Software License B" is not allowed for Fedora |
| juk | 2007-10-13 - obsoleted by amarok |
| kphone | 2007-08-28 - upstream is dead |
| 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 |
| l2tpd | 2007-02-20 - obsoleted by xl2tpd |
| libassetml | FE6 - was only used by gcompris, which no longer uses it, upstream is dead too. |
| libdvdread | 2007-11-15 - new upstream, now a subpackage of libdvdnav |
| libgdamm | FE5 - not orphaned but severely bitrotted, removed per request |
| libmatchbox | FE5 - was this ever actually available for any distro? |
| 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 |
| libtabe | 2006-09-14 - Not required by any packages after absent of xcin in coming Fedora. |
| libtermcap | 2007-12-12 - Obsoleted by ncurses. |
| libzvt | 2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later |
| lincvs | Will be replaced by crossvc |
| mknbi | 2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later |
| mktemp | 2008-03-13 - never in F9 or later |
| 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 |
| ocsinventory-client | 2008-03-08 - dropped from devel/F9 - Obsoleted by ocsinventory-agent |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| qfits | 2008-04-10 - not required by cpl anymore, using cfitsio instead |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| sirius | 2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later |
| smeg | Renamed to alacarte (when?) |
| sodipodi | 2006-06-03 - No upstream response, no activity |
| swh-plugins | FE6 2006-12-27 - renamed to ladspa-swh-plugins |
| 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. |
| tcl-tcldict | 2008-01-07 - Obsoleted by tcl-8.5.0-4 in rawhide (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-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 |
| 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 |
| vdr-subtitles | 2008-04-07 - Obsoleted by VDR >= 1.6.0 |
| whowatch | 2006-02-28 - never in FE5 or later |
| XaraLX | unknown - includes a binary library in XaraLX-0.7r1764/libs |
| xcin | 2006-09-14 - Obsoleted by scim and other input methods. |
| xmldiff | 2007-04-05 - F7 |
| 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 |