Going purely by upstream support status, yes, GConf2 should be retired; it’s been obsolete for a decade.

Going by dependent packages, it’s not so simple. Some of these dependencies are no doubt spurious, optional, or otherwise “removable;” others are real hard dependencies from outdated-but-still-useful application packages.

$ repoquery --repo=rawhide -q --whatrequires GConf2 --recursive
GConf2-devel-0:3.2.6-41.fc40.i686
GConf2-devel-0:3.2.6-41.fc40.x86_64
GtkAda-devel-0:2.24.2-48.fc40.i686
GtkAda-devel-0:2.24.2-48.fc40.x86_64
GtkAda-gnome-0:2.24.2-48.fc40.i686
GtkAda-gnome-0:2.24.2-48.fc40.x86_64
alexandria-0:0.7.9-7.fc40.noarch
apcupsd-gui-0:3.14.14-31.fc40.x86_64
cbrpager-0:0.9.22-31.fc40.x86_64
ccgo-0:0.3.6.5-22.fc40.x86_64
cdcollect-0:0.6.0-42.fc40.x86_64
fantasdic-0:1.0-0.25.beta7.fc40.noarch
gconf-editor-0:3.0.1-29.fc40.x86_64
gconfmm26-0:2.28.3-72.fc40.i686
gconfmm26-0:2.28.3-72.fc40.x86_64
gconfmm26-devel-0:2.28.3-72.fc40.i686
gconfmm26-devel-0:2.28.3-72.fc40.x86_64
giver-0:0.1.8-38.fc40.x86_64
gnome-desktop-sharp-devel-0:2.26.0-49.fc40.i686
gnome-desktop-sharp-devel-0:2.26.0-49.fc40.x86_64
gnome-do-0:0.95.3-27.fc40.x86_64
gnome-do-devel-0:0.95.3-27.fc40.i686
gnome-do-devel-0:0.95.3-27.fc40.x86_64
gnome-phone-manager-0:0.69-45.fc40.x86_64
gnome-sharp-0:2.24.2-34.fc40.x86_64
gnome-sharp-devel-0:2.24.2-34.fc40.i686
gnome-sharp-devel-0:2.24.2-34.fc40.x86_64
gnome-translate-0:0.99-43.fc39.x86_64
gnome-vfs2-0:2.24.4-45.fc40.i686
gnome-vfs2-0:2.24.4-45.fc40.x86_64
gnome-vfs2-common-0:2.24.4-45.fc40.noarch
gnome-vfs2-devel-0:2.24.4-45.fc40.i686
gnome-vfs2-devel-0:2.24.4-45.fc40.x86_64
gnome-vfs2-monikers-0:2.15.3-37.fc40.x86_64
gnome-vfs2-smb-0:2.24.4-45.fc40.x86_64
gphotoframe-0:2.0.2-24.hg2084299dffb6.fc40.noarch
grhino-0:0.16.1-19.fc40.x86_64
gtk-sharp-beans-0:2.14.0-35.fc40.x86_64
gtk-sharp-beans-devel-0:2.14.0-35.fc40.i686
gtk-sharp-beans-devel-0:2.14.0-35.fc40.x86_64
icedtea-web-0:1.8.8-4.fc40.x86_64
icedtea-web-devel-0:1.8.8-4.fc40.noarch
icedtea-web-javadoc-0:1.8.8-4.fc40.noarch
ignuit-0:2.24.3-16.fc40.x86_64
libbonoboui-0:2.24.5-25.fc39.i686
libbonoboui-0:2.24.5-25.fc39.x86_64
libbonoboui-devel-0:2.24.5-25.fc39.i686
libbonoboui-devel-0:2.24.5-25.fc39.x86_64
libgnome-0:2.32.1-30.fc40.i686
libgnome-0:2.32.1-30.fc40.x86_64
libgnome-devel-0:2.32.1-30.fc40.i686
libgnome-devel-0:2.32.1-30.fc40.x86_64
libgnomeui-0:2.24.5-32.fc40.i686
libgnomeui-0:2.24.5-32.fc40.x86_64
libgnomeui-devel-0:2.24.5-32.fc40.i686
libgnomeui-devel-0:2.24.5-32.fc40.x86_64
librawstudio-0:2.1-0.35.20210527.gitc140a5e.s20231112gitc753388.fc40.i686
librawstudio-0:2.1-0.35.20210527.gitc140a5e.s20231112gitc753388.fc40.x86_64
librawstudio-devel-0:2.1-0.35.20210527.gitc140a5e.s20231112gitc753388.fc40.i686
librawstudio-devel-0:2.1-0.35.20210527.gitc140a5e.s20231112gitc753388.fc40.x86_64
linsmith-0:0.99.33-7.fc40.x86_64
mail-notification-0:5.4-111.git.9ae8768.fc40.x86_64
mono-addins-devel-0:1.3.3-6.fc40.i686
mono-addins-devel-0:1.3.3-6.fc40.x86_64
mono-tools-0:4.2-30.fc40.x86_64
mono-tools-devel-0:4.2-30.fc40.i686
mono-tools-devel-0:4.2-30.fc40.x86_64
mono-tools-gendarme-0:4.2-30.fc40.x86_64
mono-tools-monodoc-0:4.2-30.fc40.x86_64
monodevelop-0:5.10.0-27.fc40.x86_64
monodevelop-debugger-gdb-0:5.0.1-16.fc40.x86_64
monodevelop-devel-0:5.10.0-27.fc40.i686
monodevelop-devel-0:5.10.0-27.fc40.x86_64
mtn-browse-0:1.20-18.fc40.noarch
pdfmod-0:0.9.1-32.fc40.x86_64
perl-Gnome2-0:1.048-12.fc40.x86_64
perl-Gnome2-GConf-0:1.047-12.fc40.x86_64
perl-Gnome2-VFS-0:1.084-12.fc40.x86_64
pinta-0:1.7.1-7.fc40.x86_64
rawstudio-0:2.1-0.35.20210527.gitc140a5e.s20231112gitc753388.fc40.x86_64
ruby-bonoboui2-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-bonoboui2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.i686
ruby-bonoboui2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-gconf2-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-gconf2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.i686
ruby-gconf2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-gnome2-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-gnome2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.i686
ruby-gnome2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-gnomevfs-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-gnomevfs-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.i686
ruby-gnomevfs-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-libglade2-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
ruby-libglade2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.i686
ruby-libglade2-devel-0:0.90.4-19.fc40.x86_64
sirius-0:0.8.0-46.fc40.x86_64
teg-0:0.12.0-7.fc40.x86_64
tomboy-0:1.15.9-20.fc40.x86_64
tomboy-devel-0:1.15.9-20.fc40.i686
tomboy-devel-0:1.15.9-20.fc40.x86_64
tomoe-gtk-devel-0:0.6.0-44.fc40.i686
tomoe-gtk-devel-0:0.6.0-44.fc40.x86_64
ucview-0:0.33-27.fc40.i686
ucview-0:0.33-27.fc40.x86_64
ucview-devel-0:0.33-27.fc40.i686
ucview-devel-0:0.33-27.fc40.x86_64
ufraw-0:0.23-0.17.20210425.fc39.x86_64
ufraw-common-0:0.23-0.17.20210425.fc39.x86_64
ufraw-gimp-0:0.23-0.17.20210425.fc39.x86_64
verbiste-gnome-0:0.1.48-3.fc40.x86_64
wallpapoz-0:0.6.2-16.fc40.noarch
xoo-0:0.8-23.fc40.x86_64

Looking only at direct dependencies:

$ fedrq wrsrc -s GConf2
GtkAda-2.24.2-48.fc40.src
alexandria-0.7.9-7.fc40.src
apcupsd-3.14.14-31.fc40.src
cdrdao-1.2.5-9.fc40.src
evolution-rspam-0.6.0-43.fc40.src
florence-0.6.3-22.fc40.src
gconf-editor-3.0.1-29.fc40.src
gconfmm26-2.28.3-72.fc40.src
geany-plugins-2.0-3.fc40.src
gnome-do-0.95.3-27.fc40.src
gnome-phone-manager-0.69-45.fc40.src
gnome-vfs2-2.24.4-45.fc40.src
gnome-vfs2-monikers-2.15.3-37.fc40.src
gphotoframe-2.0.2-24.hg2084299dffb6.fc40.src
gtksourceview2-2.11.2-42.fc40.src
ignuit-2.24.3-16.fc40.src
libgnome-2.32.1-30.fc40.src
libgnomeui-2.24.5-32.fc40.src
mail-notification-5.4-111.git.9ae8768.fc40.src
moserial-3.0.21-8.fc41.src
perl-Gnome2-GConf-1.047-12.fc40.src
rawstudio-2.1-0.35.20210527.gitc140a5e.s20231112gitc753388.fc40.src
redshift-1.12-21.fc40.src
ruby-gnome2-0.90.4-19.fc40.src
sugar-0.121-1.fc40.src
tomboy-1.15.9-20.fc40.src
ucview-0.33-27.fc40.src
xoo-0.8-23.fc40.src

On 2/27/24 12:38 PM, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 02:51:34PM +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 at 15:07, Miroslav Suchý <msu...@redhat.com> wrote:
* 23711 spec files in Fedora
I was looking through the list for any of my packages, and I've found
that I'm "maintaining" long dead packages like
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/GConf2
Should this package be retired?

Zbyszek
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