On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org>wrote:
> Daniel Holth writes: > > > When I used Obsoletes, it meant "I am no longer developing this other > > package that is identical to this re-named package". > > But as a user I could care less! The authors may care, but I don't > care if Torqued "obsoletes" Gorgon, because in using Torqued I'm > DTRT'ing even though I don't know it. > > What I care about is when I'm using Gorgon, and there's something > "better" (or worse, "correct") to use in my application. > Hence my suggestion for an Obsoleted-By field, in which Gorgon would be able to suggest alternatives. > It might be a good idea to have a just-like-Amazon > > While-This-Package-Is-Great-You-Might-Also-Consider: > > field. > Yeah, that's basically what Obsoleted-By is for.
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