Bug#774384: developers-reference: soften advice to justify retirement to debian-private

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

On Fri, 2015-01-02 at 14:05:57 +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org>, 2015-01-01, 21:49:
> >-Send an gpg-signed email about why you are leaving the project to
> >-<email>debian-private@&lists-host;</email>.
> >+Send an gpg-signed email announcing your retirement to
> >+<email>debian-private@&lists-host;</email>. It's courteous, but not essential,
> >+to include a brief explanation of your decision.

> (I'd even go as far as to remove the second sentence. People will figure out
> themselves that they can explain their reasons if they wish so.)

It might make sense to explicitly mention that it used to say this, but
that it is really not required at all. To avoid people remembering the
old text, and assuming this is current folklore (just for backwards
mind compatibility :).

Thanks,
Guillem