[csw-maintainers] Retiring packages?

[Chad Harp]

Actually, I just went to download gaim, but it appears it's not in  
the catalog any more (stable or unstable).  So another question, why  
does it show up in the package list on the web site?

On Mar 16, 2009, at 7:10 PM, Ben Walton wrote:

> 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 I's been replaced by CSWpidgin and is no longer maintained (same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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