Re: testing, unstable, and dependencies

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Brian May wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 12:25:10PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> > Is it possible (in theory) to have a set of buildd:s that use
> > testing for compiling. If they fail (i.e. version dep problems)
> > the package is moved to the unstable buildd:s (the ones that exist
> > today) for building.
>
> Building packages based on testing libraries had been discussed
> and debated on the mailing list before.
>
> The answer was no, because this would mean that libraries in unstable
> would never get tested before they are moved into testing.

That have been said many times, but it's not completely true.
If we compiled things based on testing libraries, people using
unstable would be testing glibc 2.3 right now. That would have been
enough to keep glibc 2.3 out of testing.