Re: The useless "sid" tag

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Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
Subject: Re: The useless "sid" tag
From: Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:42:07 +0200
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* Adrian Bunk (bunk@fs.tum.de) [040404 18:55]:
> Am I the only one under the impression that the "sid" tag is completely 
> useless?

I disagree.

> Unless the testing scripts start to add to all bugs in a packages 
> tagged "sid" also a tag "sarge" when a version of this package enters 
> testing I don't see much value in the "sid" tag.

With RC-bugs entering sarge should normally not happen, so that this
tag is actually useful (and I use it in a script).


Cheers,
Andi
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