Re: >2000 packages still waiting to enter testing, > 1500 over age
On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 03:10:46PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Michael Banck]
> > I object. Not entering testing could very well happen if the
> > package's dependencies are broken/buggy/uninstallable.
>
> Yes, there are many reasons for a package to get stuck in unstable.
>
> But I believe it is the maintainers responsibility to make sure his
> packages do enter testing, and if he fail to do so for _300_ days, the
> package is not well maintained and can probably be removed.
BS. There are plenty of packages which *should never* get into testing (as
they will never, by our definition, be stable).
That, of course, raises another question...
Cheers,
Nick
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