Clarify that removals from testing are possible.

Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.

Closes: #678710
git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@9232 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d

diff --git a/common.ent b/common.ent
index 351acd0504684322f80819ace1ffd4fea0b3edd6..9337c688f234863a6318fbc89d796e0afe38a479 100644 (file)
--- a/common.ent
+++ b/common.ent
@@ -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">

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index faf826e786e47af20e8a3e689b7bdf0dbedce3ad..d2468b2c464bc611f86296a1746e28a40337e6cb 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
+    Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
+
+ -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
+
 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ David Prévot ]

diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
index 2d2a295ee9873ad53b7dd3ab5498daae7913ea1e..9c03fa7da4a0201145d705793d23ac209a1b94a2 100644 (file)
--- a/pkgs.dbk
+++ b/pkgs.dbk
@@ -1309,7 +1309,10 @@ distribution.  Packages are not removed from
 <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