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    - Allowed values: `true` and `false`

     

       
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    - Meaning:

     

       
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        - Useful to abandon pre-releases

     

       
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        - Also for packages that are used in private opam-repositories or developments and that a maintainer would like to keep in the repository independently of the global package intent

     

       
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        - Useful for packages that do not specify the `x-maintenance-field` yet, but would like to mark certain pre-releases or old releases as unmaintained, and thus ok for archival

     

       
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        - Also useful if there's need to maintain a specific version (i.e. an OCaml application that is used and maintained which uses a specific package version)

     

       
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        - `true # used by @bactrian, added on 2025-01-24` where @bactrian wants to keep this package in the opam-repository

     

       
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## References

     

       
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