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Re: Why are new package versions depending on libc6 in unstable?



On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:49:08PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> No, we're not asking for anyone to hurry anything.  And as for keeping
> testing close to a stable state, immagine what is going to happen once
> unstable's libc6 DOES finally have 10 days without any RC bugs.  You'll have
> libc6 2.3.x as well as a bazillion other packages that depended on it going
> into testing all of the sudden.  How does that keep testing anywhere near
> semi-stable?  In effect it makes both unstable and testing more volitile.

Explain how keeping packages out of testing for longer makes them less
stable. Then explain how this affects unstable *at all*.

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