Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm. Closes #491839.

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@6928 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 40f313c152a526c6d73f108681ad8989e24f918e..2b55823a45a989cddc15821269d625332d5ea4e6 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
   * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
     impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
     #489135.
+  * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
+    Closes #491839.
 
- -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:40:21 +0200
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:56:44 +0200
 
 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
index d975271f8031266126c6e3f3eb891514ad5d2fab..d628f6664207ebe8af8668147393ffec5b24c39d 100644 (file)
--- a/pkgs.dbk
+++ b/pkgs.dbk
@@ -1344,6 +1344,10 @@ should either be reassigned to another package in the case where the actual
 code has evolved into another package (e.g.  <literal>libfoo12</literal> was
 removed because <literal>libfoo13</literal> supersedes it) or closed if the
 software is simply no longer part of Debian.
+When closing the bugs,
+to avoid marking the bugs as fixed in versions of the packages
+in previous Debian releases, they should be marked as fixed
+in the version <literal>&lt;most-recent-version-ever-in-Debian&gt;+rm</literal>.
 </para>
 <section id="s5.9.2.1">
 <title>Removing packages from <filename>Incoming</filename></title>