Bug#678710: developers-reference: Clarify that removal of package from testing is possible
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">
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