Re: Retiring ksensors, possibly id3lib as well?

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen redhat com>]

Lyos Gemini Norezel wrote:

...

> id3lib also needs to be looked at, as it's upstream has been defunct 
> since March 2 2003.
>
> This one might hurt more than ksensors will, since several programs 
> depend on id3lib.
>
> This is a list of the programs that require id3lib:
> audio-convert-mod
> easytag
> tagtool
> id3lib-devel
> id3v2
> gmediaserver
> liblicense-modules
> kid3
> grip
>
> The list is alot shorter than I thought it would be, but it's still 
> enough to cause problems.
>
> Is there anyone willing to take up upstream development of id3lib?
> Is there a possible (more active) replacement for id3lib?
> Is there a valid reason for continuing to carry such a defunct package 
> in Fedora?

s/defunct/old/ - and yes there is a valid reason - 8 or so at least, see 
your list of packages above ;)

> I'm more than happy to continue maintaining id3lib if there is a valid 
> reason to do so,
> but my reasons are more sentimental than valid logical reasoning.
>
> So I turn to you to answer that question:
> Is there valid, logical, reasoning to continue to support such old code?

Yes, because other useful packages depend on it IMHO.

I'll take it if you don't want to keep it, I think that library needs to 
live on in Fedora.

-Eric