[RFC] Retired/dead packages in repo

[Jacek Konieczny]

On 2014-01-15 20:45, Jan Rękorajski wrote:
> My proposal is to do what Fedora does in its repo, for a retired package:
> 1) git delete all files in package, spec, patches, etc.
> 2) create "dead.package" file with explanation why it was retired (for
>    example "Obsoleted by XXX" or "Renamed to YYY")
> 3) make package read-only to avoid grave digging

I have no idea what Fedora does, but this is what I was thinking about
too. Dummy repositories pointing to the right packages cost little and
may really help.

Greets,
	Jacek