[Distutils] How to deprecate a python package

[Thomas Güttler]

I wasted some time because I used a deprecated python package.

I asked the maintainer to remove it, and he looked at the usage statistics: I still gets
downloaded. 

What is the official way to deprecate a python package?

Related discussion:

https://github.com/riklaunim/django-ckeditor/issues/60#issuecomment-205021579

Regards,
  Thomas Güttler

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