On 17.12.2011 15:13, Maarten Vanraes wrote: > Hi all, > > Annsi, misc and myself were discussing obsoletes, and i think we should make > a > policy for a structured comment, so that later (in some timeperiod that's as > of yet unspecified) we can remove older obsoletes in a structured way. > > I propose we put a comment in the spec file, with the version the package > will > be first used, so likely that is cauldron, so example: > > # Obsoletes: mga2 > (before the obsolete line) > > if noone objects, we can put the policy on the wiki somewhere >
For the record, I'd prefer e.g. # added 2011-04 Obsoletes: foobar < 3.4 -- Anssi Hannula
