[Secure-testing-commits] r4001 - doc

[Stefan Fritsch]

Author: stef-guest
Date: 2006-05-20 13:18:27 +0000 (Sat, 20 May 2006)
New Revision: 4001

Modified:
   doc/narrative_introduction
Log:
add "bug filed" to narrative introduction

Modified: doc/narrative_introduction
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--- doc/narrative_introduction	2006-05-20 13:17:58 UTC (rev 4000)
+++ doc/narrative_introduction	2006-05-20 13:18:27 UTC (rev 4001)
@@ -171,12 +171,14 @@
    - php4 <unfixed> (bug #353585; medium)
    - php5 <unfixed> (bug #353585; medium)
 
-Bug numbers can be added as in the example above. They are used to add
-additional references for the overview page and the Security Bug Tracker
-and they are parsed by a script that generates user tags "tracked" for the
-user debian-security at lists.debian.org. This way you can generate a BTS
-query for all issues in the BTS that are tagged "security" and are not
-yet added to our tracker:
+Bug numbers can be added as in the example above. To avoid duplicate bugs,
+"bug filed" can be added instead of "bug #123456" when the bug report has
+been sent but the bug number is not yet known.  The bug numbers are used
+to add additional references for the overview page and the Security Bug
+Tracker and they are parsed by a script that generates user tags "tracked"
+for the user debian-security at lists.debian.org. This way you can generate
+a BTS query for all issues in the BTS that are tagged "security" and are
+not yet added to our tracker:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=security;users=debian-security@lists.debian.org;exclude=tracked
 
 If a vulnerability does not affect Debian, e.g. because the vulnerable