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-/warble-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# warble
-
-The warble package
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+Retired: Fails to install: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/releng/tickets/issues/13473
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-SHA512 (warble-1.5.0.tar.gz) = fb3445ab9a2d2f24c8022acb2e0a1ac760c43b1033067f9ac002106a9de49e516913d33ea1c9a89655b9b8283ee7f3e3f1f176455cc9ff8051affe60890f3b19
diff --git a/warble.spec b/warble.spec
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-%global appname com.github.avojak.warble
-
-Name:		warble
-Version:	1.5.0
-Release:	4%{?dist}
-Summary:	The word-guessing game
-
-License:	GPLv3+
-URL:		https://github.com/avojak/warble
-Source:		%{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-
-BuildRequires:	gcc
-BuildRequires:	cmake
-BuildRequires:	meson
-BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(gee-0.8)
-BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(granite)
-BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
-BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(libhandy-1)
-BuildRequires:	vala
-BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/appstream-util
-BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/desktop-file-validate
-
-%description
-Native Linux word-guessing game built in Vala and Gtk.
-Warble is inspired by the recently popular online game Wordle.
-
-%prep
-%autosetup
-
-%build
-%meson
-%meson_build
-
-%install
-%meson_install
-
-%check
-appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_metainfodir}/%{appname}.appdata.xml
-desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.desktop
-
-%files
-%license COPYING LICENSE
-%doc CONTRIBUTING.md README.md
-%{_bindir}/%{appname}
-%{_datadir}/%{appname}
-%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.desktop
-%{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/%{appname}.gschema.xml
-%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/*/*.svg
-%{_datadir}/metainfo/%{appname}.appdata.xml
-
-%changelog
-* Sat Jan 27 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.0-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.0-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Sat Jan 21 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.0-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jul 26 2022 Ali Erdinc Koroglu <aekoroglu@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.0-1
-- Update to 1.5.0 (RHBZ #2107457)
-
-* Sat Jul 23 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Tue Jun 14 2022 Ali Erdinc Koroglu <aekoroglu@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.0-1
-- Update to 1.4.0 and Hi-DPI directories fix
-
-* Fri Apr 1 2022 Ali Erdinc Koroglu <aekoroglu@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.1-1
-- new upstream release 1.3.1
-
-* Tue Feb 15 2022 Ali Erdinc Koroglu <ali.erdinc.koroglu@intel.com> - 1.2.0-2
-- Hi-DPI directories removed (rhbz#1537318)
-
-* Thu Feb 10 2022 Ali Erdinc Koroglu <ali.erdinc.koroglu@intel.com> - 1.2.0-1
-- Initial build.