Re: garbage-collector.rpm ? (Was: Re: Summary - Broken dependencies in Fedora Extras - 2007-03-03)

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Callum Lerwick <seg@...> writes:
> Ummm, how about we just do something like debian does. Say we have a
> package, "foo-1.0-1.fc6" that has been dropped. Release a new version of
> the package, "foo-1.0-2.fc6" that is a dummy package that contains
> nothing, and has a %description along the lines of "Package foo is
> obsolete. This is a dummy package that ensures its removal. This package
> can be removed safely."

That will make packages show up in all the package lists when they don't really 
exist in any meaningful sense. IMHO, this is very deceptive and confusing.

        Kevin Kofler

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