Bug#839885: developers-reference: reintroducing packages: update security issue metadata

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Paul,

On Thu, Oct 06, 2016 at 01:13:34PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> Package: developers-reference
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: security@debian.org
> 
> I would like to add a paragraph to the section about reintroducing
> packages so that people reintroducing packages check the security
> tracker metadata for the old package and update the metadata once it
> gets reintroduced to Debian.
> 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#reintroducing-pkgs
> 
> I propose the following text, please wait for an ack from the security
> team before adding it to devref.
> 
> Package removals from unstable also trigger marking the package as
> removed in the security tracker. Debian members should [mark removed
> issues as unfixed][1] in the security tracker repository and all others
> should contact[2] the security team to report reintroduced packages.
> 
> 1. https://security-team.debian.org/security_tracker.html#removed-packages
> 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/report

Thanks a lot for this wording suggestion; sounds good to me to have it
this way.

Regards,
Salvatore