"Deprecate a package" should include instructions for package which are not being superseded

[chtof]

What You Are Seeing?

https://docs.chocolatey.org/en-us/community-repository/maintainers/deprecate-a-chocolatey-package:
There are only instructions to deprecate a package which is being superseded. It does not work when a package are not being superseded as it's not possible to provide a dependency on a new package.

What is Expected?

Instructions to take into account packages which are not being superseded.

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

A package can't be validated if there is no dependency and no <files>...<files/> embedded.

[TheCakeIsNaOH]

My understanding is that in these sorts of situations that all versions of the package should be unlisted, with no need to push a final version.

[pauby]

I think this is a misunderstanding of what a deprecated package is.

A package is deprecated in favour of another package.

A package whose software is no longer available just needs to be unlisted.