> Sounds interesting. On the other hand, maybe we could do it manually (from a > packager's point of view) : if you package library foo, and you know that > version 0.1 is not supported anymore (noone knows that better than you > since you maintain it), you can add an Obsoletes tag to your libfoo5 > package, and force the removal. > Would that solve Jeff's issue ? > Obsoletes should be used when a package changes name. Not when someone thinks a new version gets rid of an old version. -sv