Re: deprecating libatomic_ops

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On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM Dan Horák <dan@xxxxxxxx> 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.

Fabio
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