libraries missing on F22 and higher

[Sérgio Basto]

On Ter, 2015-12-29 at 18:51 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 12/29/2015 11:28 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> 
> > > > For example Mosaic-2.7-0.3.b5.fc11.x86_64 still works on Fedora
> > > > 23
> > > > , but is a FTBFS since F12 or 13 . So fail to build is not
> > > > equivalent to fail to run .
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Works but surely does not respect anymore all Packaging
> > > guidelines of
> > > Fedora.
> > 
> > What guideline that is not respected ?
> 
> - Fedora packages must be buildable (An FTBFS alone is a violation
> of 
> the FPG)
> - fc12/13 were using different CFLAGS, paths and rpm. It's very
> likely 
> these packages are vulnerable and unusable.
> - Fedora packages must carry the current release %dist.
> 
> That said, packages which FTBFS since F12 should be removed and
> abandoned.

we enter in loop , you are right , but Mosaic was an example how to
know if works (rpm knows :) , Mosaic is not in RPMFusion anymore but
still works, and it is exception , Mosaic is one of the first browsers
ever (before Netscape) , yeah not the best example. 


> Ralf
-- 
Sérgio M. B.