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list-rdeps: move uncommon instructions out-of-the-way Ximin Luo 4 years ago
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4040 dev/list-rdeps.sh $crate
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4242 It will also give you some follow-up instructions to fix the problem.
43
44 Remove an obsolete package
45 ==========================
46
47 ::
48
49 $ reportbug ftp.debian.org
50 [..]
51 What sort of request is this?
52 [..]
53 6 ROM Package removal - Request Of Maintainer.
54 [..]
55 Choose the request type: 6
56 [..]
57 Is the removal to be done in a suite other than "unstable"? Don't select anything for "unstable"
58 [..]
59 Choose the suite: # input nothing here, i.e. "unstable"
60 Please enter the reason for removal: obsolete package, prevents others from migrating to testing
61 Is this removal request for specific architectures? [y|N|?]? n
62 [..]
63 # An editor will spawn, probably nano. add
64 # X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net
65 # to the header, and then add the following text to the body:
66
67 Hi, please remove this package on all architectures. It is an old rust library
68 that is preventing newer ones from migrating to testing. Nothing else in the
69 archive depends on it these days.
70
71 # then save and exit, and proceed with submitting the report.
6262 rdep to use the API of the new version of ${pkg}.
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6464 Alternatively, if any rdep is obsolete (i.e. nothing else depends on it) then
65 you should file a RM request to remove it from the Debian archive:
66
67 $ reportbug ftp.debian.org
68 [..]
69 What sort of request is this?
70 [..]
71 6 ROM Package removal - Request Of Maintainer.
72 [..]
73 Choose the request type: 6
74 [..]
75 Is the removal to be done in a suite other than "unstable"? Don't select anything for "unstable"
76 [..]
77 Choose the suite: # input nothing here, i.e. "unstable"
78 Please enter the reason for removal: obsolete package, prevents others from migrating to testing
79 Is this removal request for specific architectures? [y|N|?]? n
80 [..]
81 # An editor will spawn, probably nano. add
82 # X-Debbugs-Cc: pkg-rust-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net
83 # to the header, and then add the following text to the body:
84
85 Hi, please remove this package on all architectures. It is an old rust library
86 that is preventing newer ones from migrating to testing. Nothing else in the
87 archive depends on it these days.
88
89 # then save and exit, and proceed with submitting the report.
65 you should file a RM request to remove it from the Debian archive. See the
66 section "Remove an obsolete package" in RELEASE.rst for instructions on that.
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