Op vrijdag 30 maart 2012 16:00:22 schreef nicolas vigier: [...] > I think an empty package is not a good idea, it would be better to > obsolete it in task-obsolete : > - it's more clear that the package is obsoleted and is not a regular > update. Users installing an empty package as update would only see that > it is removed but not updated when it's already removed. > - package is really removed and no longer listed as installed in rpm > database > - it's easy to add task-obsolete in urpmi skip.list for people who > don't want unmaintained packages to be automatically removed
wrt to task-obsolete, do the users get notified? maybe a README.urpmi listing all the packages and reasons would be an option to get notified?