Re: How long should a transition last for a package only in Sid/Testing

[Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de>]

Thomas Goirand <zigo <at> debian.org> writes:

> But when the package isn't in stable (yet), and is only in Sid/testing,
> how long should a transition package last? Until the next stable
> release? IMO it'd be bad to have a transition package introduced in the
> new Stable if the package wasn't in old-stable.

You need to permit people to upgrade from testing to the next stable,
so yes, the transition package probably needs to be included in it.

bye,
//mirabilos