On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 02:22:38PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
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should we delete package pages when
the package is removed from Debian?
I've only had a quick look, but reasons to remove them include:
* they're by definition no longer about Debian
* they make the wiki look unmaintained
* they make it look like the packages are still supported
Reasons to keep them include:
* they might still be useful to someone
* some are just for packages that got renamed (e.g. apache -> apache2)
also 0for historic interest --- old releases still exist (but old pages could also be offloaded to an archive).... i think this tells you that a wiki policy needs to answer: is the wiki only for current users of today, or is it meant to document how we got here too?
(id actually suggest deleting anything not CategoryPermalink, except things like Apache and Exim should be redirects to Apache2 and Exim4)
seems like the mimimum you would want is a banner at the top saying "This package is no longer in Debian".