[Secure-testing-team] Another syntax addition: <removed>

[Joey Hess]

Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> consider the following case: Package foo has a bug, the bug affects stable
> or oldstable, but the fix for sid/testing consists in the removal of foo
> or it has already been removed for other reasons.
> <not-affected> doesn't fit, because older releases of Debian _are_ affected,
> while the issue is no longer relevant for testing/sid. The solution is
> a new "solution state" <removed>. Please adapt external scripts for this
> new token; it'll be used soon. (bidwatcher, libsafe)

IMHO the correct thing to do is to mark it as unfixed. Then if it
somehow re-enters testing later from sid, we will see it and go make
sure the new version is fixed. If it's marked as <removed> we'll miss
that check.

-- 
see shy jo
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