Drop another warning about using Breaks before stable dpkg supports it

* Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
  warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 820230775f2b2dfb8f93e77d1c18676d91fd046b..dce0eb9b5d3d451dcc6f2becb8b35536333909e7 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+debian-policy (3.8.2.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
+    warnings against its use.  Thanks, Steve Langasek.  (Closes: #533577)
+
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
+
 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
   [ Russ Allbery ]

diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
index c82ced09ac88648db0865099478b9601dbdaa601..e92793b38323e82434ca0d954bbc81a34106208d 100644 (file)
--- a/policy.sgml
+++ b/policy.sgml
@@ -4442,12 +4442,6 @@ Build-Depends: foo [!i386] | bar [!amd64]
       <sect id="breaks">
        <heading>Packages which break other packages - <tt>Breaks</tt></heading>
 
-       <p>
-         Using <tt>Breaks</tt> may cause problems for upgrades from older
-         versions of Debian and should not be used until the stable
-         release of Debian supports <tt>Breaks</tt>.
-       </p>
-
        <p>
          When one binary package declares that it breaks another,
          <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will refuse to allow the package which