If you type "sage -f extcode" for an old Sage version then I'm pretty sure 
that the archive folder is not being searched.



On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 11:45:30 AM UTC+2, Nathann Cohen wrote:
>
> > Deleting the old packages will also break optional packages on all old 
> Sage 
> > versions, so there should be a sensible deprecation period before doing 
> so. 
>
> Isn't there a 'archive/' folder made precisely for that? 
>
> Moving the unused packages to 'archive/' would work, wouldn't it? 
> - It would not appear in the list of standard/optional/experimental 
> packages anymore 
> - It would still be available to old-style installs 
>
> About standard packages: I think that we could remove that list. Am I 
> right to think that it would not break anything in old installs? 
>
> If this can be done, then we can perfectly have everybody coexist. 
>
> Nathann 
>

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