From: aba <aba@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:25:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: fix 255298
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bbe91d7848d48378def4176216b52d4d04ccf8b5

fix 255298


git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@2566 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e5b6c45..61f29a1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
     - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
     - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557
     - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
+    - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
   * Matt Zimmerman
     - Security uploads get urgency=high
     - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index 08d3322..b3d286b 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % commondata  SYSTEM "common.ent" > %commondata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.228 $">
+  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.229 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the original developer's reference in cvs-en-rev -->
@@ -2509,20 +2509,20 @@ You should set the package maintainer to <tt>Debian QA Group
 against the pseudo package <package>wnpp</package>.  The bug report should be
 titled <tt>O: <var>package</var> -- <var>short description</var></tt>
 indicating that the package is now orphaned.  The severity of the bug
-should be set to <em>normal</em>. If you feel it's necessary, send a copy
+should be set to <em>normal</em>; if the package has a priority of standard
+or higher, it should be set to important.
+If you feel it's necessary, send a copy
 to &email-debian-devel; by putting the address in the X-Debbugs-CC: header
 of the message (no, don't use CC:, because that way the message's subject
 won't indicate the bug number).
 	<p>
-If the package is especially crucial to Debian, you should instead submit
+If you just intend to give the package away, but you can keep maintainership
+for the moment, then you should instead submit
 a bug against <package>wnpp</package> and title it <tt>RFA: <var>package</var> --
-<var>short description</var></tt> and set its severity to
-<em>important</em>. <tt>RFA</tt> stands for <em>Request For Adoption</em>.
-Definitely copy the message to debian-devel in this case, as described
-above.
+<var>short description</var></tt>.
+<tt>RFA</tt> stands for <em>Request For Adoption</em>.
 	<p>
-Read instructions on the <url id="&url-wnpp;" name="WNPP web pages">
-for more information.
+More information is on the <url id="&url-wnpp;" name="WNPP web pages">.
 
       <sect1 id="adopting">Adopting a package
 	<p>