[Bug 1314616] [NEW] Replace the package "bitcoin" with an empty dummy package

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See the mailing list discussions at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives
/ubuntu-motu/2013-December/thread.html and
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-motu/2014-April/thread.html.

In short: old versions of Bitcoin Core (as it is now known) are broken,
not up to date on bug fixes, etc.

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bitcoin&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all
shows that these old versions of the package are shipped in precise,
raring, and saucy. In the past, I'm pretty sure it's also shown version
0.6.something in quantal, but that appears to have disappeared from the
search.

My understanding from the ML discussions earlier is that it's impossible
to remove a package from the package lists, but it could be replaced
with an SRU by a dummy package that explains to the user why it's gone
and prompts them to download the software either from the PPA
(ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin) or the release binaries from bitcoin.org. This is
what I'd like to request be done.

** Affects: bitcoin (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New