[csw-maintainers] Retiring packages?

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Chad Harp's message of Mon Mar 16 20:04:17 -0400 2009:
> Is there a process for retiring packages?  An example is CSWgaim.   
> I's been replaced by CSWpidgin and is no longer maintained (same  
> code, different name).  Rather that letting it hang around I'd like  
> to remove it, otherwise package maintainers will have to keep  
> bundling old libraries to support it.

What about turning it into a dummy package that pulls in CSWpidgin
instead...?  That would be more upgrade friendly, wouldn't it?

-Ben
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