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

Florian Weimer fw at deneb.enyo.de
Mon Oct 17 21:51:21 UTC 2005


* Moritz Muehlenhoff:

>> 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.

Obviously, we mean different things with "removed from the archive".
When I used this phrase in the past, I meant it literally, that is,
the package is not present in woody, sarge, etch, sid (I ignore
experimental, admittedly).

I implemented <removed> for my tracker.  Right now, it just means the
same as <unfixed>.  Semantically, there isn't a real difference, but
it could be used to generate more informative status reports in the
future.




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