On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 03:36:37PM +0000, Sam Hartman wrote: > Didier> (Snipping others' parts, and moving to -devel) > > Didier> Given the (current) small exposure of > Didier> testing-proposed-updates (aka the repository has very few > Didier> users, therefore the packages there get very few testing), > Didier> unstable is supposed to stay the anti-chamber of testing, > Didier> mostly at all times: whatever you upload to unstable should > Didier> be aimed at the next stable release. > > Didier> None of this changes during freezes, where unstable should > Didier> only have changes targeted at testing (and therefore, > Didier> currently, at jessie).Using experimental for new upstream > Didier> versions is not at all an abuse; it's exactly the suite one > Didier> should be targeting for these changes! > > > Hi. You assert that even for leaf packages we should not make changes > in unstable targeted beyond jessie. I can see an argument for that > prior to the important bug deadline. However, past that point, I don't > see value in avoiding changes to leaf packages in unstable, and I'd like > to understand why you'd encourage folks to do so. What if an RC bug gets discovered in the package? -- WBR, wRAR
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