Upstream repository shutdowns

This article is Article description::used to list deprecated (or simply no longer existent) locations for upstream package repositories. At one time Gentoo ebuild maintainers were able to download source tarballs for packages from these sites. Now that they are no longer usable, ebuild maintainers have the difficult job up tracking down where the upstream projects have decided to move their project repositories.

This generates a lot of maintenance fixing SRC_URI values in the main Gentoo repository.

Security
Many projects got forked several times during the shut down procedure and it is not always easy to find out which fork is the right one for the Gentoo ebuild.

While many packages need an update to a new URL it is easy to plant silently a link to malicious source code instead of the original source code. It is also possible that a developer uses a wrong fork by accident.

Mirrors
Q: Are there sources on example.com which we must not mirror?

How to find out:

Returns all RESTRICT variables of the affected ebuilds. Are they using restrictions which would forbid mirroring in general?

A: Yes/No

Fixing a package

 * If there is no suitable upstream HOMEPAGE use  as a substitute.

Notable repositories that were shut down

 * 2014-04-30: BerliOS shut down (70 ebuilds affected)
 * 2015-05-31: gitorious.org shut down (26 ebuilds affected)
 * 2016-12-31: Google Code shut down (500+ ebuilds affected)
 * 2017-03-01: Fedorahosted.org shut down (107 ebuilds affected)