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Bug#678710: marked as done (developers-reference: Clarify that removal of package from testing is possible)

Your message dated Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:17:38 +0000
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and subject line Bug#678710: fixed in developers-reference 3.4.9
has caused the Debian Bug report #678710,
regarding developers-reference: Clarify that removal of package from testing is possible
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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">

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: developers-reference
Source-Version: 3.4.9

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
developers-reference, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 678710@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> (supplier of updated developers-reference package)

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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
Source: developers-reference
Binary: developers-reference developers-reference-de developers-reference-fr developers-reference-ja
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.4.9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Developers Reference Maintainers <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>
Description: 
 developers-reference - guidelines and information for Debian developers
 developers-reference-de - guidelines and information for Debian developers, in German
 developers-reference-fr - guidelines and information for Debian developers, in French
 developers-reference-ja - guidelines and information for Debian developers, in Japanese
Closes: 678710 678712 679562 679735
Changes: 
 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Team upload.
 .
   [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
   * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
     Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
   * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
     Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
   * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
   * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
   * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
     use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
     Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
 .
   [ Translation updates ]
   * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
   * French by David Prévot.
   * German by Chris Leick.
 .
   [ David Prévot ]
   * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
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