Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.7 Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
During my NM I got asked if removals from testing was possible. I answered no since I had read in the section Removing packages that removals were only possible from experimental, unstable, and stable. Hence I stopped reading and answered. I was brought to attention that I was wrong, and that removals from testing are possible. I saw the later sections on testing and removals from testing when revisiting the devref. See attached patch for clarification of removals from testing. Best, Per -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-4-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash developers-reference depends on no packages. Versions of packages developers-reference recommends: ii debian-policy 3.9.3.1 Versions of packages developers-reference suggests: ii doc-base 0.10.3 -- no debconf information
Index: pkgs.dbk =================================================================== --- pkgs.dbk (revision 9223) +++ pkgs.dbk (working copy) @@ -1309,7 +1309,10 @@ <literal>testing</literal> directly. Rather, they will be removed automatically after the package has been removed from <literal>unstable</literal> and no package in -<literal>testing</literal> depends on it. +<literal>testing</literal> depends on it. (Removals from +<literal>testing</literal> are possible though by filing a removal bug report +against the <systemitem role="package">&release-debian-org;</systemitem> +pseudo-package. See the section <xref linkend="removals"/>.) </para> <para> There is one exception when an explicit removal request is not necessary: If a Index: common.ent =================================================================== --- common.ent (revision 9223) +++ common.ent (working copy) @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ <!ENTITY master-host "master.debian.org"> <!ENTITY www-debian-org "www.debian.org"> <!ENTITY ftp-debian-org "ftp.debian.org"> +<!ENTITY release-debian-org "release.debian.org"> <!ENTITY lists-host "lists.debian.org"> <!ENTITY archive-host "archive.debian.org"> <!ENTITY keyserver-host "keyring.debian.org">