Re: packages.debian.org has moved. Please update translations
On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 03:18:48PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Covering `testing':
>
> They have either not been fully tested (and could therefore have
> undiscovered important bugs) or have not been around long enough to make
> it into the stable distribution.
>
> This is just plain wrong.
It's not wrong. Just because a package is in testing it doesn't mean it's
fully tested, and it certainly doesn't mean it's been long enough to make it
into stable.
> Packages that haven't been included from unstable (see below) have not
> been around long enough to make it into the testing distribution or
> depend on packages which are not yet part of this distribution yet.
The first "yet" is extra, BTW.
> Hmm, for unstable it says:
>
> <DD>This area contains packages that haven't had sufficient testing or
> have severe bugs (some that might even cause damage to your system).</DD>
>
> which sounds quite negative. I have changed it to:
>
> <DD>This area contains packages that are currently developed by
> Debian. All new packages and updates are uploaded to this
> distribution. Once a package stabilizes,
That verb is ambiguous.
> doesn't have any release critical bugs
s/any RC bugs/any more RC bugs than the one already in testing/
> it is copied to the testing distribution.
Actually, to be precise, the package stays where it is, the DB and the
Packages/Sources files for testing get updated :)
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