Re: How would one remove/deprecate a PECL package
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:54:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How would one remove/deprecate a PECL package | ||
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On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Ulf Wendel <ulf.wendel@phpdoc.de> wrote:
> What if the original developer requests removal (after wait period and
> nobody taking over a very unpopular package) to avoid further confusion
> among users?
>
> Not allowing removal makes some sense to me as it makes people think twice
> if they want to propose "drop and forget" packages.
I'm against a removal, that's OSS and it could be useful from a pure
archive point of view. As long as it is not possible to install easily
by mistake (like now).
Cheers
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Pierre
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