<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stephen@xemacs.org" target="_blank">stephen@xemacs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">Daniel Holth writes:<br>
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> When I used Obsoletes, it meant "I am no longer developing this other<br>
> package that is identical to this re-named package".<br>
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</div>But as a user I could care less! The authors may care, but I don't<br>
care if Torqued "obsoletes" Gorgon, because in using Torqued I'm<br>
DTRT'ing even though I don't know it.<br>
<br>
What I care about is when I'm using Gorgon, and there's something<br>
"better" (or worse, "correct") to use in my application.<br></blockquote><div><br>Hence my suggestion for an Obsoleted-By field, in which Gorgon would be able to suggest alternatives.<br><br> <br></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It might be a good idea to have a just-like-Amazon<br>
<br>
While-This-Package-Is-Great-You-Might-Also-Consider:<br>
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field.<br></blockquote><div><br>Yeah, that's basically what Obsoleted-By is for.<br></div></div><br>