diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-agave-0.4.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..dccb07f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+agave-0.4.7.tar.bz2
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: agave
-# $Id$
-NAME := agave
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/agave.spec b/agave.spec
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--- a/agave.spec
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@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-Name:           agave
-Version:        0.4.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        Generate a variety of colorschemes from a single starting color
-
-Group:          Applications/Multimedia
-License:        GPL
-URL:            http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/
-Source0:        http://download.gna.org/colorscheme/releases/agave-0.4.1.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-# see http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/downloads.shtml for buildreqs
-BuildRequires:  gtkmm24-devel >= 2.6, libgnomeui-devel >= 2.0, desktop-file-utils
-BuildRequires:  cppunit-devel, gnome-vfsmm26-devel, boost-devel, gconfmm26-devel
-BuildRequires:  gettext
-%if "%{fedora}" >= "5"
-BuildRequires:  libSM-devel
-%endif
-
-# Renamed from colorscheme
-Provides:       colorscheme = %{version}-%{release}
-Obsoletes:      colorscheme <= 0.3.91-2
-
-
-%description
-Have you ever been re-finishing a room in your home and found yourself asking 
-"What color would go well with this" ? Or been working on a website and not
-able to find the perfect colorscheme to go with the company logo ?
-Try Agave. Agave is a very simple application for the GNOME desktop that
-allows you to generate a variety of colorschemes from a single starting color.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-
-%build
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-desktop-file-install  --vendor fedora \
-        --dir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications \
-        --delete-original \
-        --add-category X-Fedora \
-        --remove-category GNOME \
-        $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
-
-%{find_lang} %{name}
-
-%check
-make check || :
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%post
-touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
-if [ -x %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
-   %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache --quiet %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
-fi
-
-%postun
-touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
-if [ -x %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
-   %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache --quiet %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor || :
-fi
-
-
-%files -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc README COPYING NEWS AUTHORS ChangeLog TODO
-%{_bindir}/%{name}
-%{_datadir}/applications/*.desktop
-%{_datadir}/%{name}
-%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/*/*.png
-%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/*/*.svg
-
-
-%changelog
-* Sat Oct 07 2006 Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org> 0.4.1-1
-- version 0.4.1
-- drop patch (applied upstream)
-
-* Wed Aug 30 2006 Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org> 0.4.0-2
-- rebuild
-
-* Sun Jul 23 2006 Aurelien Bompard <abompard@fedoraproject.org> 0.4.0-1
-- version 0.4.0
-- renamed to Agave
-
-* Tue Jun 20 2006 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.3.91-2
-- BR: gettext
-
-* Tue Apr 11 2006 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.3.91-1
-- update to 0.3.91
-- fix build outside the buildsystem (bug 188480)
-
-* Tue Feb 21 2006 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.3-3
-- rebuild for fc5
-
-* Wed Nov 23 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.3-2
-- fix build with modular Xorg
-
-* Wed Nov 23 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.3-1
-- version 0.3
-
-* Fri Nov 04 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.2.2.2-1
-- version 0.2.2.2
-
-* Sat Oct 22 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.2.2.1-1
-- version 0.2.2.1
-
-* Sat Sep 24 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.2.2-1
-- version 0.2.2
-- drop patch (applied upstream)
-
-* Wed Sep 21 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.2.1-2
-- add patch for missing include
-
-* Sun Sep 18 2005 Aurelien Bompard <gauret[AT]free.fr> 0.2.1-1
-- initial Fedora package (reviewed in bug 168635)
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This package was retired on 2011-07-25 due to it being unable to build this package for multiple releases (FTBFS).
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-e038138eff31a5286e1e41ac0e3b0f04  agave-0.4.1.tar.bz2