That is, all software that makes it to into testing should be stable and release quality and ready for testing with *the rest of the packages slated for the next release*.
Ok. In the event of a piece of software which is likely to need little testing and be updated upstream several times between releases (such as Opera) how would this best be handled? Should one wait until a few month prior to the next release instead of repackaging it and sending it back through the various releases multiple times between Debian releases.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein