replacing removed projects in dub

[Steven Schveighoffer]

Everyone has seen this happen sometimes. An open-source author deletes 
their account or the repository, and then the source is gone. The latest 
is this project:

https://code.dlang.org/packages/raylib-d

Which I have been using to teach a class.

But of course, it's open source, so we can continue.

What does one do when the project is deleted from view? I can register a 
copy of it, but it seems rather annoying if one has to do this kind of 
stuff. Plus, now I have to come up with a different name (and have 
projects update all their dependencies).

Should it be possible to "take over" a project in dub once the 
maintainer has deleted all their stuff? I have a copy of the repo 
(thanks to WebFreak), so I could do it, but I wonder if dub shouldn't 
have a way to mitigate this type of problem.

Also, if anyone has any information about why this happened, let me know 
(you can email me if you want to speak privately), I want to make sure 
the original author really meant to do this before I register a copy of 
their stuff.

-Steve