Bug#533577: Breaks are supported in stable, so are now allowed in the archive

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes:

> Breaks support is present in the version of dpkg in lenny, and there
> are already multiple uses of Breaks in the archive now for unstable.
> The disclaimer about not using Breaks should be dropped.

Yes.  Also:

--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4443,12 +4443,6 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
        <heading>Packages which break other packages - <tt>Breaks</tt></heading>
 
        <p>
-         Using <tt>Breaks</tt> may cause problems for upgrades from older
-         versions of Debian and should not be used until the stable
-         release of Debian supports <tt>Breaks</tt>.
-       </p>
-
-       <p>
          When one binary package declares that it breaks another,
          <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will refuse to allow the package which
          declares <tt>Breaks</tt> be installed unless the broken

I'm applying this for the next release of Policy.  (I believe this is an
informative change that doesn't require seconds.)

Thanks!

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>