[Catalog-sig] disallowing the removal of packages?

[Jim Fulton]

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Martijn Faassen <faassen at startifact.com> wrote:
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> I now think a special mirror might be the simplest way to solve this,
> since mirroring infrastructure already exist.

Of course, it would have to be *special*, in that it would mirror
additions and updates, but not removal.

Also, ironically, this hurts developers because it makes it harder for
them to remove things that *really* need to be removed.

Jim

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