Re: Debian's problems
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 11:37:38PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> No exactly. [Like you say, we can't dictate where people will spend
> their time. So it would still only take three months for Joe to finish
> his 'foo' package -- but if he finishes it while unstable is closed he
> might have to wait a bit before he uploads it.]
Which is only the very first part of package management. During this 2 month
period of time, he's had no feedback, and his package is untested on any
machine but his own. This isn't exactly a big amount of progress. Great
amounts of time would be wasted.
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