Obsoletion procedures?

[Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports)]

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Max Bowsher wrote:
> Sorry, I could have been clearer. The issue is that these are all
> library packages, which people could conceivably have self-compiled
> stuff depending upon.
> 
> I'd like some opinions on how long a real (not empty .tar) version of a
> library should persist, after nothing in the distribution requires it
> any more.

The precedent seems to be to keep them indefinitely, unless they are
affected by security issues or are otherwise hopelessly broken.


Yaakov
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