diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..e471991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+typepad-motion-1.1.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/dead.package b/dead.package
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--- a/dead.package
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-2014-12-19: Retired because of broken deps
-
+This package was retired on 2012-08-06 due to no active maintainers for the package.