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Packages that are considered retired from Fedora Package Collection

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
bitgtkmm 2009-01-28 - obsoleted by bit-gtkmm
bluecurve-kdm-theme 2008-03-27 - KDM theme developed for KDE 3, does not work with the KDM in KDE 4
bluez-libs 2008-10-02 - F10 and later, bluez-libs merged back in bluez package
bluez-utils 2008-10-02 - F10 and later, bluez-utils merged back in bluez package
bmp FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious
bmp-flac2 FE6 - Obsoleted by audacious
bochs-bios 2009-03-06 - There is now a bochs-bios subpackage of bochs
booty 2009-04-01 - Merged back into anaconda
brightside 2006-08-10 - upstream vanished
cairo-dock 2009-02-12 - blocked after F10 for patent concerns
CastPodder 2009-05-25 - Not working since Fedora 7, no upstream since Nov 2006. There is a successor at www.icepodder.com
centericq 2007-10-09 - upstream is long dead, centerim is an actively maintained branch...
childsplay_plugins 20090612 - Since childsplay_sp, upstream no longer provides separated plugins.
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classpathx-jaxp 2008-04-01 - No longer maintained upstream, and contents are now in libgcj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-guichan06 2009-02-28 - No longer needed; replaced by guichan-0.7
compat-guile-16 2008-09-15 - Now opting guile 1.8 instead of guile 1.6 on F10
compat-wxGTK2007-07-10 - obsolete
compat-wxPythonGTK22007-07-10 - obsolete
conexusmm 2009-01-28 - obsoleted by conexus-gtkmm
configure-thinkpad 2006-04-xx, requires tpctl - never in FE5 or later
conntrack 2007-12-15 - obsoleted by conntrack-tools
cpan2rpm 2009-05-11 - dead upstream. use cpan2spec instead
cpufreq-utils 2008-06-02 - renamed to cpufrequtils to match upstream project name
cupsddk 2009-03-11 - merged with cups in F-11
cvsup 2006-02-23 - never in FE5 or later
d4x 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing issues - Artistic 1.0 only - Could not reach upstream for relicensing
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.
drivel 2008-07-17 - Dead/unresponsive upstream
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)
evolution-webcal 2008-11-27 - Obsoleted by evolution-data-server (bz#468855)
f2py 2007-01-04 - contained in numpy, no more a standalone package upstream
farsight 2009-06-22 - Obsoleted by farsight2
fast-user-switch-applet 2008-03-08 - doesn't work with new gdm, obsoleted by gdm-user-switch-applet
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
fillets-ng-data-cs 2006-09-14 - Additional data dropped by upstream
firefox-32 Fedora 8 - not needed. 'setarch i386 firefox' works if one needs to run a 32 bit browser, and nspluginwrapper will allow 32 bit plugins to work in a 64 bit browser
firestarter 2009-05-27 - Fedora 11 will be last release - Use system-config-firewall instead.
fonts-arabic 2008-07-07 - No longer in comps
fonts-chinese 2008-06-30 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by cjkunifonts.
fonts-hebrew 2008-07-07 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by culmus-fonts.
fonts-indic 2008-07-07 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by lohit-fonts.
fonts-korean 2008-06-30 - No longer in comps, obsoleted by baekmuk-ttf-fonts.
fonts-sinhala 2008-06-27 - Renamed to lklug-fonts
freefont 2009-03-24 - Renamed to gnu-free-fonts
freetype1 2009-05-26 - Unmaintained upstream, use freetype instead
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
GConf-dbus 2009-06-09 - OLPC package should have not been merged with the general distribution
gdesklets-calendar 2008-10-18 - Desklets included in gdesklets package
gimmie 2009-02-03 - Discontinued upstream
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-build 2009-02-14 - merged with anjuta in F-11 and later
gnome-disk-utility-format 2009-06-10 - merged into gnome-disk-utility
gnome-keyring-manager 2008-12-01 - No more active upstream, use Seahorse as replacement
gnome-python2-gda 2007-07-24 - Provided by gnome-python2-extras since F8
gnome-spell 2008-06-05 - Unused since F10, upstream is dead
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
gruler 2008-10-09 - Renamed to sscreenruler
gstreamer-plugins-farsight 2009-06-22 - Obsoleted by gstreamer-plugins-good
gstreamer-plugins-pulse 2008-11-07 - Obsoleted by gstreamer-plugins-good
gtkmozembedmm 2008-10-06 - No upstream activity since 2004 when last release done http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtkmozembedmm/1.4/ See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465910 for more information
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
g-wrap 2007-07-02 - unused, gnucash now uses swig
gwenview 2008-01-16 - Included in kdegraphics (bug 427688)
HelixPlayer 2008-09-17 - Killed for patent concerns
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
inconsolata-fonts 2009-03-02 - Renamed levien-inconsolata-fonts
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
iozone 2008-08-27 - licensing issues. License did not give permission to modify.
ivman 2008-09-18 - potential licensing issues, upstream no more interested. See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18
jogl 2007-10-31 - "SGI Free Software License B" is not allowed for Fedora
juk 2007-10-13 - obsoleted by amarok
katapult 2008-09-15 - F10 - KDE4 deployment introduced Alt-F2
kio_p7zip 2009-05-11 - F11 - dead upstream. KDE3 only
kleansweep 2008-09-15 - F10 - KDE4 deployment introduced alternative.
kmobiletools 2008-12-18 - upstream is dead
knetworkmanager 2008-12-18 - obsolete in kde-4.2
kompose 2009-02-25 - upstream is dead, never updated for kde 4
kooldock 2009-02-12 - blocked after F10 for patent concerns
kphone 2007-08-28 - upstream is dead
kpowersave 2008-12-18 - kde3 only, better newer tools
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
ksynaptics 2009-02-20 - Upstream long dead
kvm 2009-03-06 - Provided by qemu
kyum 2008-06-23 - No support from upstream anymore
l2tpd 2007-02-20 - obsoleted by xl2tpd
libassetml FE6 - was only used by gcompris, which no longer uses it, upstream is dead too.
libdhcp 2008-12-04 - removed because anaconda now uses NetworkManager and mkinitrd now uses dhclient
libgdamm FE5 - not orphaned but severely bitrotted, removed per request
libgii FE10 - failed to package the whole ggi-project - failed at usability tests.
libmatchbox FE5 - was this ever actually available for any distro?
libmusicbrainz 2009-01-23 - Deprecated upstream
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
libsynaptics 2009-02-20 - Upstream long dead
libtabe 2006-09-14 - Not required by any packages after absent of xcin in coming Fedora.
libtermcap 2007-12-12 - Obsoleted by ncurses.
libtunepimp 2009-01-23 - Deprecated upstream
libxfce4mcs 2009-02-09 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
libXTrap 2008-07-21 - Deprecated upstream, unused in any Fedora package
libXfontcache 2008-07-21 - Long since deprecated upstream, unused in any Fedora package
libzvt 2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later
lineak-defaultplugin 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineak-kdeplugins 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineak-xosdplugin 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lineakd 2008-12-22 - Package is dead upstream
lincvs Will be replaced by crossvc
linkage 2000-03-03 - Package is dead upstream
mew 2009-01-28 - renamed to emacs-mew
mknbi 2005-08-09 - never in FE5 or later
mktemp 2008-03-13 - never in F9 or later
mosml 2008-09-10 - Uses code under a non-free license
ms-sys 2009-03-02 - Had non-free MBR and boot records embedded in the source code
nabi 2006-04-02 - never in FE5 or later
nautilus-gdu 2009-06-10 - merged into gnome-disk-utility
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
ocaml-bitmatch 2008-07-17 - This package was renamed to ocaml-bitstring
ocsinventory-client 2008-03-08 - dropped from devel/F9 - Obsoleted by ocsinventory-agent
oki4linux 2009-03-21 - Obsoleted by foomatic oki* drivers, printer confirmed working with foomatic driver on F-9
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)
olpc-hardware-manager 2009-04-06 - Obsoleted by ohm.
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.
Opyum 2008-06-12 - useless without pirut and PackageKit plans to implement offline package management
pam_fprint 2008-12-09 - Obsoleted in F11 by integration in GNOME control-center
packagekit-qt 2008-10-17 - Obsoleted by qpackagekit
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-XML-Util 2009-05-30 - F12 and later : Obsoleted by php-pear package which requires/provides new version
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)
perl-Class-Gomor 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-DBIx-SQLite-Simple 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Packet 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Packet-Target 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-Net-Write 2008-09-09 - Dead due to licensing - Artistic 1.0 only
perl-RPM2 2008-09-17 - Doesn't compile with rpm-libs-4.5.90
perl-Wx-Perl-Dialog 2009-03-31 - package is part of Padre since Padre-0.28
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.
pwlib 2008-09-30 - F-10. Replaced by ptlib, ekiga/opal were the only user of it and are now using ptlib.
pyclutter 2008-10-07 - F-10. There is not upstream version compatible with clutter 0.8.x.
python-dbsprockets 2009-03-04 - Obsoleted by python-sprox
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.
pywbxml 2008-06-18 - Was only used by an earlier version of synce-sync-engine and was incorporated with the latest release
pyxapian 2009-04-07 - Was only used by OLPC. Is obsoleted by xapian-python and/or xappy
qa-assistant 2008-09-05 - Orphaned upstream
qfits 2008-04-10 - not required by cpl anymore, using cfitsio instead
rcssbase 2008-11-06 - obsolete by rcssserver-13.0.0
redhat-artwork-kde 2007-05-10 - built as a subpackage of redhat-artwork now (#239495)
repoman 2009-06-30 - removed due to lack of interest
R-gnomeGUI 2006-06-08 - No upstream, depends on ancient gnome libs, old gnome libs being dropped in FC-6
R-Matrix 2009-04-20 - Merged into upstream R with 2.9.0
rman 2008-09-09 - Only available under Artistic 1.0, could not reach upstream for relicensing
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
scim-sinhala 2006-06-12 - renamed to scim-sayura in devel/F-10 and later
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
sion 2009-02-23 - Renamed gigolo upstream.
sirius 2006-01-17 - never in FE5 or later
skencil 2008-07-09 - does not work with tk 8.5 any more
smeg Renamed to alacarte (when?)
sodipodi 2006-06-03 - No upstream response, no activity. Use Inkscape instead.
sugar-evince F11 2009-05-16 - Changes all merged upstream into evince so this fork is dead.
swh-plugins FE6 2006-12-27 - renamed to ladspa-swh-plugins
synaptics 2009-02-18 - Obsoleted by xorg-x11-drv-synaptics in rawhide (F11)
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.
system-switch-java 2008-07-27 - dropped for f10
tastymenu DOesn't work in KDE4
tcl-tcldict 2008-01-07 - Obsoleted by tcl-8.5.0-4 in rawhide (F9)
tcl-tile Obsoleted by tk-8.5 (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-eurofont 2008-09-11 - non-free license, couldn't reach copyright holder for relicensing
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
thunar-shares 2009-02-23 - F10 - Renamed to thunar-shares-plugin
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
uqm-content 2008-09-11 - Commercial restrictions in licensing, uqm now gets content from autodownloader
vdr-subtitles 2008-04-07 - Obsoleted by VDR >= 1.6.0
vdrift-data 2008-08-13 - Merged into vdrift to follow upstream.
VLGothic-fonts 2009-02-10 Renamed to vlgothic-fonts.
vnc 2009-01-21 - Dropped from F11, replaced by tightvnc
wdaemon 2009-05-20 - Dropped from F-11+, obsolete due Xorg now supporting input devices hotplugging
WebKit 2009-04-13 - Renamed to webkitgtk, following the upstream WebKitGTK+ port.
wxsvg 2009-01-20 - No software uses it without the ffmpeg extensions - see [1]
XaraLX unknown - includes a binary library in XaraLX-0.7r1764/libs
xcin 2006-09-14 - Obsoleted by scim and other input methods.
xfce4-dict-plugin 2008-07-10 - F10 - Subpackage of xfce4-dict.
xfce4-gsynaptics-plugin 2008-07-29 - F10 - Renamed to xfce-mcs-plugin-gsynaptics.
xfce4-minicmd-plugin 2008-07-10 - F10 - Dead upstream, superseded by xfce4-verve-plugin.
xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 2009-01-04 - F10 - Subpackage of xfce4-screenshooter.
xfce-mcs-manager 2009-02-09 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugin-gsynaptics 2009-02-10 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugins 2009-02-09 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xfce-mcs-plugins-extra 2009-02-10 - F11 - This package is no longer used with the inclusion of the xfconf framework.
xmldiff 2007-04-05 - F7
xmoto-edit 2008-06-10 - F10 - Dead upstream, superseded by inksmoto.
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