diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-zapplet-0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/README.fedora b/README.fedora
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-To have Zapplet start on login use the following command as root: 
-'cp /usr/share/applications/zapplet.desktop  /etc/xdg/autostart/zapplet.desktop'
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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+2017-02-17: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+
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-d12db237f805d6711d8d720080e06eaa  zapplet-0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/zapplet.spec b/zapplet.spec
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-%{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-Name:           zapplet
-Version:        0.1
-Release:        4%{dist} 
-Summary:        Zenoss Tray Applet
-Group:          Applications/Communications
-License:        GPLv2+
-URL:            http://zapplet.sourceforge.net
-Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/zapplet/zapplet-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        http://ke4qqq.fedorapeople.org/zapplet/README.fedora
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-BuildRequires:  python
-BuildRequires:  python-setuptools-devel 
-BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
-Requires:       pygtk2 
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-%description
-Zapplet is a tray applet for monitoring aspects of Zenoss from the desktop. 
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n zapplet-%{version}
-cp %{SOURCE1} ./README.fedora
-%build
-CFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{__python} setup.py build
-
-%install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-%{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
-
-desktop-file-install --add-category="Network" --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications zapplet.desktop
-rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/zapplet.desktop
-
-%clean 
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{python_sitelib}/*
-%{_bindir}/%{name} 
-%{_datadir}/applications/zapplet.desktop
-%doc README.fedora
-%changelog
-* Mon Jan 19 2009 David Nalley <david@gnsa.us> 0.1-4
-- Made changes suggested by ianweller to fix cvs issues
-* Sun Dec 28 2008 David Nalley <david@gnsa.us> 0.1-3
-- Made changes suggested by Brian Pepple
-* Sat Dec 27 2008 David Nalley <david@gnsa.us> 0.1-2
-- Making corrections suggested by Fabian Affolter
-* Sun Dec 14 2008 David Nalley <david@gnsa.us> 0.1-1
-- Initial packaging efforts
-