Re: why is it not moving to testing

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

>  > > * You must upload a binary package along with a source package.
>  > >   Source only packages are not allowed to enforce the rule that
>  > >   packages must build successfully.  The feeling is that people abuse
>  > >   source only uploads by uploading broken and unbuildable packages.
>  > >   Therefore forcing a binary upload proves the package is buildable at
>  > >   least somewhere.
>  > 
>  > binary uploads could still be broken, if for instance it was compiled
>  > with obsolete libraries...
> 
>  And the lack of source-only uploads is an artifact of the archive
>  maintainance tools and it has nothing to do with forcing people to
>  check that the packages actually build, AFAIUI.
> 

I think the argument was more on the side of forcing people
that packages actually work before uploading.

Building isn't that much of problem.
Running the package before uploading to do some checking
is more important.

I found that argument to be rather convincing.



regards,
	junichi