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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classpathx-jaxp 2008-04-01 - No longer maintained upstream, and contents are now in libgcj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