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Krzysiek Pawlik wrote: |
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>> 2. The package must not be an application |
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> Why? |
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Because then it could be of some use to users. If you need to use an |
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obsolete library in something new, you most likely are doing something |
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wrong. We could of course extend this to say that applications if there |
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are better alternatives but that is subjective. |
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>> 3. Package.mask it for a month |
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> Wouldn't it mask the version from overlay too? Anyway we end up with package |
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> being p.masked. |
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It would but I can't think of a better way to notify users that have it |
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installed on where it has gone. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |
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