Quoting Hideki Yamane (2018-11-27 12:38:46) > Hi, > > Well, we use experimental as "shelter" during freeze, but it's not good > in my point of view. > > - During freeze, it is just ignored by most of the users since they > wouldn't know there's a newer package in there (and they also afraid > because it's in "experimental" ;). It means "not tested" if they were > in Debian repository for a long time period > - Re-uploading to unstable is just boring, and no values are added by it > - unstable users wants new valued packages constantly. After release, > "package flood" to unstable is not good. > > So, I guess putting fixed packages into "testing-proposed-updates" and > to continue to upload packages to unstable during freeze period is better. > > Pros) > - unstable distribution stays newest > - No "unintended" changes will be introduced into testing during freeze > > Cons) > - Maybe you should do cherry-picking changes from unstable to > testing-proposed-updates, not just ask "unblock" to Release Managers. > - Harder to get users for test with testing-proposed-updates repository > > Your thoughts? Let's not make freeze more comfortable. Let's make freeze more efficient - and uncomfortable to ignore. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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