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On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 08:51:02AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> It would be useful if there was a mechanism to warn users
> that the port they are about to install (or have installed) is no
> longer recommended.

IMHO using DEPRECATED without EXPIRATION_DATE is just fine for this.

mcl