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

[Moritz Muehlenhoff]

Joey Hess 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.

This is only for packages completely removed from the archive, not for
packages removed solely from testing.

Cheers,
        Moritz