Your message dated Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:34:34 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1146331: fixed in developers-reference 14.15
has caused the Debian Bug report #1146331,
regarding developers-reference: Document the procedure for adopting a
pseudo-package
to be marked as done.
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Package: developers-reference
Severity: wishlist
Sections 5.11.3 and 5.11.4 describe how to orphan/adopt a normal package[0],
but the procedure is different for a pseudo-package because there's no actual
package to edit. Based on [1], I suggest adding a paragraph like this:
To adopt a pseudo-package, e-mail `[email protected]` and ask
them
to update their pseudo-packages.maintainers file. Include the package name,
the name and e-mail address for the old and new maintainer, and a reason for
the
change. Remember to CC the old maintainer on the e-mail.
I assume the above is correct based on the linked thread, but e.g. they might
prefer a different e-mail address. I'll tell that thread about this bug,
so hopefully you should get a reply soon with any corrections.
[0] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-
reference/pkgs.html#orphaning-a-package
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2026/08/msg00088.html
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386, armhf
Kernel: Linux 7.0.12+deb14.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
developers-reference depends on no packages.
Versions of packages developers-reference recommends:
ii debian-policy 4.7.4.1
ii libjs-jquery 3.7.1+dfsg+~3.5.33-1
ii libjs-sphinxdoc 9.1.0-4
ii sensible-utils 0.0.26
ii sphinx-rtd-theme-common 3.1.0+dfsg-1
Versions of packages developers-reference suggests:
ii chromium [www-browser] 149.0.7827.114-1
pn doc-base <none>
ii firefox [www-browser] 151.0.4-1
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 140.11.0esr-1
ii lynx [www-browser] 2.9.3-2
ii opera-stable [www-browser] 132.0.5905.73
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Source: developers-reference
Source-Version: 14.15
Done: Holger Levsen <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
developers-reference, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Holger Levsen <[email protected]> (supplier of updated developers-reference
package)
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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:17:27 +0200
Source: developers-reference
Architecture: source
Version: 14.15
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Developers Reference Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Holger Levsen <[email protected]>
Closes: 1146331
Changes:
developers-reference (14.15) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Andrew Sayers ]
* pkgs.rst: Explain how to change maintainer of a pseudo-package.
Closes: #1146331.
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[ Holger Levsen ]
* Update all .po files for changed strings in the English original.
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