Bug#1079267: discover: turn into transitional empty packages?

[Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>]

Source: discover
Version: 2.1.2-10.1
X-Debbugs-CC: pere@debian.org, mbiebl@debian.org

Hi,

now that d-i no longer uses/installs discover, should we turn it
into empty packages?

I don't know of any way of removing packages on upgrades from users
systems, but at least the packages could become empty themselves.

I imagine this is a better solution than a straightforward RM from
unstable, as otherwise users will have these packages installed
forever - and they contain files in /lib etc.

Chris