Hi, As you might have noticed, for those not knowing that I was going to do it, I've retitled quite some removal requests into a more structured format, so you can more directly see what it's about. And as a secondary goal, also with automatic parsing for the benefit of QA scripts in mind.
The format I choose (if you have better idea's or something, just say so...) is as follows: Title := TAG PACKAGE SUITEMODIFIER ARCHS " -- " RATIONALE TAG := "RM: " | "RM/P-a-s: " PACKAGE := just the package name SUITEMODIFIER := "" | "/" suite # default being sid/unstable ARCHS := "" | " [" "!"? one-or-more spece-separated archs "]" RATIONALE := just the reason for the removal So, complete removal requests are those without a '[ ... ]' in the title, those with it, are only-some-archs removal requests, and, for sarge generally at the moment more urgent than the others. "RM/P-a-s:" means that the partial removal needs to be added to Packages-arch-specific too, if the request is honoured. In some cases, it's a prerequisite, otherwise the arch will show up soon enough again, in other cases, it'll only save a bit of buildd time. If 'P-a-s' isn't in the title for arch-specific removals, modification of that document isn't generally needed. The suite is indicated by means of tags (sid or woody), but also in the title for convenience. Requests dealing with multiple suites are split out, I arrange for the release managers to process those requests that are for testing. I've tagged those removal requests that are current (still applicable) and are at least reasonably reasonable as 'confirmed', with which I don't imply that I they must indeed be honoured and removed, but just that the request seems valid and is checked. Whether a removal request is honoured is of course up to you, I only want to make it easier to do so, and also make it better possible to prioritize which requests to deal with (i.e., those with a arch listed should be considered first, I believe). Hope this helps, --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl
