diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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index 4b503c4..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-typepad-motion-1.1.1.tar.gz
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/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- a/Makefile
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@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: typepad-motion
-# $Id$
-NAME := typepad-motion
-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 $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$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/dead.package b/dead.package
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dead.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This package was retired on 2012-08-06 due to no active maintainers for the package.
diff --git a/import.log b/import.log
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--- a/import.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-typepad-motion-1_0_1-3_fc11:HEAD:typepad-motion-1.0.1-3.fc11.src.rpm:1256213051
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4d845e78cdc428a27f9a5608204c01a6  typepad-motion-1.1.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/typepad-motion.spec b/typepad-motion.spec
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-%{!?python_sitelib: %define python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-
-Name:           typepad-motion
-Version:        1.1.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        A microblogging application for building online communities
-
-Group:          Applications/Publishing
-License:        BSD
-URL:            http://developer.typepad.com/motion/create-motion.html
-Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/t/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
-
-BuildArch:      noarch
-BuildRequires:  Django python-devel python-setuptools-devel
-Requires:       Django django-flash django-typepad python-batchhttp python-feedparser python-httplib2 
-Requires:       python-oauth python-remoteobjects python-simplejson python-typepad sqlite
-
-%description
-A Motion site is a place where people come together, on the Web, to share
-thoughts, interesting links, favorite photos, great music and exciting
-videos. Build Motion as a stand-alone community or integrate it into your
-existing website as a flexible community portal.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-
-
-%build
-python setup.py build
-
-
-%install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-python setup.py install --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc LICENSE
-%{python_sitelib}/*
-
-
-%changelog
-* Tue Jan 26 2010 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.1.1-1
-- new upstream release
-
-* Wed Nov 18 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.2-1
-- update to new upstream release
-
-* Wed Oct 07 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.1-3
-- add sqlite dependency
-
-* Tue Oct 06 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.1-2
-- update package requirements
-
-* Tue Oct 06 2009 Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian@when.com> - 1.0.1-1
-- initial packaging