Re: `experimental' directory &c

[iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)]

Bill Mitchell writes ("Re: `experimental' directory &c"):
> As a package maintainer, I get whatever the upstream distributor
> releases.  I debianize it, and release the debianized versions.
> If the upstream distributor lumps bugfixes in with enhancements,
> that's what I've got to work with.  [...]

You've misunderstood me.

I was suggesting that a package maintainer COULD submit two versions,
one experimental and one production, or that they could put new
versions in the experimental area for a bit before copying it across
to the production area.

Ian.