On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 16:22:52 +0200
Fabio Valentini <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM Dan Horák <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > with the rebase of libatomic_ops to the latest upstream release 7.8.4 I
> > went through the consumers of this library and reviewed the need for
> > libatomic_ops there. Upstream discourages the use of libatomic_ops in
> > new(er) projects, because better alternatives exist in form of C11 or C+
> > +14 standard atomics.
> >
> > With those PRs applied
> > - https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pulseaudio/pull-request/15
> > - https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rakudo/pull-request/22
> > - https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/moarvm/pull-request/21
> > libatomic_ops will become a leaf package and can be considered
> > deprecated. There is no plan to retire it in the near future as it's
> > still maintained upstream.
> 
> See also the documentation here:
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/deprecating-packages/#_prerequisites_for_deprecation
> 
> So you can mark the package as "officially" deprecated if there are no
> dependent packages left without paperwork.

nice, thanks for the pointer


                Dan
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