Hi Paul, On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 01:13:34PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > Package: developers-reference > Severity: wishlist > X-Debbugs-CC: secur...@debian.org > > I would like to add a paragraph to the section about reintroducing > packages so that people reintroducing packages check the security > tracker metadata for the old package and update the metadata once it > gets reintroduced to Debian. > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#reintroducing-pkgs > > I propose the following text, please wait for an ack from the security > team before adding it to devref. > > Package removals from unstable also trigger marking the package as > removed in the security tracker. Debian members should [mark removed > issues as unfixed][1] in the security tracker repository and all others > should contact[2] the security team to report reintroduced packages. > > 1. https://security-team.debian.org/security_tracker.html#removed-packages > 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/report
Thanks a lot for this wording suggestion; sounds good to me to have it this way. Regards, Salvatore