Bug#470754: developers-reference: conditions for updates from unstable to testing are wrong

[Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>]

tags 470754 + patch pending
thanks

On 13/03/08 at 15:16 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Package: developers-reference
> Version: 3.3.9
> Severity: minor
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The conditions for migrations from unstable to testing given in 5.13.2
> are wrong AFAIK. devref says:
>   It must have the same number or fewer release-critical bugs than the
>   version currently available in testing;
> while I think that the true condition is:
>   It must not have new RC bugs.
> 
> If testing is affected by #1, #2, #3, and unstable by #3 and #4, it
> still won't migrate.

I've commited the following patch to svn.
--- pkgs.dbk	(revision 5178)
+++ pkgs.dbk	(working copy)
@@ -2202,8 +2202,9 @@
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
 <para>
-It must have the same number or fewer release-critical bugs than the version
-currently available in <emphasis>testing</emphasis>;
+It must not have new release-critical bugs (RC bugs affecting the version
+available in <emphasis>unstable</emphasis>, but not affecting the version in 
+<emphasis>testing</emphasis>);
 </para>
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
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