diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0f3a4fa..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/clipit-1.4.1.tar.gz
-/clipit-1.4.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/clipit-1.4.2-epel.patch b/clipit-1.4.2-epel.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a977b9e..0000000
--- a/clipit-1.4.2-epel.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- clipit-1.4.2/data/clipit-startup.desktop.in.orig 2013-09-12 10:49:12.700691560 +0300
-+++ clipit-1.4.2/data/clipit-startup.desktop.in 2013-09-12 10:49:23.615723278 +0300
-@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
- Exec=clipit
- Terminal=false
- Type=Application
--OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;LXDE;Unity;
-+OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;
- X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
diff --git a/clipit-1.4.2-mate.patch b/clipit-1.4.2-mate.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c63eb1..0000000
--- a/clipit-1.4.2-mate.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- clipit-1.4.2/data/clipit-startup.desktop.in.orig 2013-09-12 10:49:12.700691560 +0300
-+++ clipit-1.4.2/data/clipit-startup.desktop.in 2013-09-12 10:49:23.615723278 +0300
-@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
- Exec=clipit
- Terminal=false
- Type=Application
--OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;LXDE;Unity;
-+OnlyShowIn=GNOME;XFCE;LXDE;Unity;MATE;
- X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
diff --git a/clipit.appdata.xml b/clipit.appdata.xml
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index 7bff058..0000000
--- a/clipit.appdata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-
-
- clipit.desktop
- CC0
- ClipIt
- A lightweight, fully featured clipboard manager
-
-
- ClipIt is a lightweight, fully featured GTK+ clipboard manager.
- It was forked from Parcellite, adding additional features and bug-fixes to the project.
-
- ClipIts main features are:
-
- - Save a history of your last copied items
- - Search through the history
- - Global hot-keys for most used functions
- - Execute actions with clipboard items
- - Exclude specific items from history
-
-
-
-
- http://clipit.rspwn.com/files/2011/01/screenshot-300x294.jpg
- http://clipit.rspwn.com/files/2011/01/screenshot4-300x291.jpg
-
- http://clipit.rspwn.com/
-
diff --git a/clipit.spec b/clipit.spec
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index ff87965..0000000
--- a/clipit.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-Name: clipit
-Version: 1.4.2
-Release: 6%{?dist}
-Summary: A lightweight, fully featured GTK+ clipboard manager
-
-Group: User Interface/Desktops
-License: GPLv3+
-URL: http://clipit.rspwn.com/
-Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-# clipit doesn't autostart in MATE
-# Fixed upstream but not yet merged
-Source1: %{name}.appdata.xml
-Patch0: %{name}-%{version}-mate.patch
-Patch1: %{name}-%{version}-epel.patch
-
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildRequires: gtk2-devel
-BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
-BuildRequires: intltool
-BuildRequires: gettext
-Requires: xdotool
-
-%description
-ClipIt is a lightweight, fully featured GTK+ clipboard manager. It was forked
-from Parcellite, adding additional features and bug-fixes to the project.
-ClipIts main features are:
-* Save a history of your last copied items
-* Search through the history
-* Global hot-keys for most used functions
-* Execute actions with clipboard items
-* Exclude specific items from history
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-%if 0%{?fedora}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .orig
-%else
-%patch1 -p1 -b .orig
-%endif
-
-%build
-%configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
-%find_lang %{name}
-desktop-file-install --delete-original \
- --remove-category=Application \
- --dir %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications \
- %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
-desktop-file-install --delete-original \
- --dir %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart \
- %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/%{name}-startup.desktop
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/appdata/
-install -m 644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
-
-
-%post
-/bin/touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
-
-%postun
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
- /bin/touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null
- /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
-fi
-
-%posttrans
-/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
-
-
-%files -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING README NEWS
-%{_bindir}/%{name}
-%{_mandir}/man1/%{name}.1.*
-%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/%{name}-trayicon.svg
-%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
-%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/%{name}-startup.desktop
-%{_datarootdir}/appdata/%{name}.appdata.xml
-
-
-%changelog
-* Fri May 02 2014 Nikos Roussos 1.4.2-6
-- Add EPEL support
-
-* Thu Sep 12 2013 Nikos Roussos 1.4.2-5
-- Fix MATE autostart. Add appdata
-
-* Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.4.2-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Feb 13 2013 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.4.2-3
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.4.2-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Fri Apr 27 2012 Nikos Roussos 1.4.2-1
-- Update to 1.4.2
-
-* Wed Feb 29 2012 Nikos Roussos 1.4.1-5
-- Fix gtk+ inclusion bug, see patch1
-
-* Thu Jan 12 2012 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.4.1-4
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Mass_Rebuild
-
-* Thu Jul 14 2011 Nikos Roussos 1.4.1-3
-- Fixed dependency missing, de translation bug, desktop icon bug
-
-* Fri Jul 01 2011 Nikos Roussos 1.4.1-2
-- Fixed config warning and more spec errors
-
-* Wed Jun 01 2011 Nikos Roussos 1.4.1-1
-- Initial Fedora RPM
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eda3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2017-02-17: Retired orphaned package, because it was orphaned for
+more than six weeks.
+
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 8921e77..0000000
--- a/sources
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-118175f26869adcf04909fdbb5021eff clipit-1.4.2.tar.gz