Hi there Following the "Package foo needs new maintainer" resp. "Drop request for package foo" mails on opensuse-packaging for a while. Community members already asked for more details when a package is dropped from Factory. So what about creating an "openSUSE:Dropped" project, where people can find the latest source of a dropped package - and at least can get an overview about currently dropped packages? Means: 1) Packager sends drop request internally 2) Project manager agrees => drop package ^^^^^ Same as before. 3) the latest checked in package source (regardless if successful building or not) is copied into the project openSUSE:Dropped ^^^^^ New - formerly we just moved the source to an internal backup space and marked it as deleted in PDB. ---- 4) People can always see, which formerly packages are removed from the current Factory (and therefore will not be in the next release) looking at the openSUSE:Dropped repository 5) Interested community packagers can use/copy the latest source from openSUSE:Dropped Open questions: 1) Is this idea worth to be implemented? 2) What about packages with security problems? - Publishing should be disabled for all packages in the openSUSE:Dropped repo. But is this enough? 3) What to do with undropped packages? * If a package is maintained by community - regardless of the project -, should it be removed from openSUSE:Dropped? * Should it be removed ONLY if the package is in openSUSE:Contrib? Best solution for 2 (in my eyes) could be: Community packager wants to maintain a dropped package => he builds it in his home-Project => he sends a request to the openSUSE:Contrib project => openSUSE:Contrib maintainers are also maintainers of openSUSE:Dropped and can remove the package from openSUSE:Dropped as soon as it is accepted for openSUSE:Contrib With kind regards, Lars -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org