On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 04:12:05PM +0200, Stefan Schwandter wrote: > Graham Wilson wrote: > > > Could i ask that we _DON'T_ put 2.1.x in experimental, but in a > > > separate staging area. When the time is right for it that is > > > naturally. > > > that means we would have to find a maintainer who is willing. > > experimental isnt all to difficult. just be sure not to do: > > > # apt-get upgrade -t experimental upgrade > > > as that might mess your system up. > > I think his point was, that the current packages in experimental > shouldn't be replaced by new, 2.1.x ones, and I agree with him here. How > is gnome2 for debian supposed to stabilize if always the latest snapshot > release is uploaded? i agree also. i wasnt saying that 2.1.x should be put in experimental, but simply that there is nothing wrong with using experimental, as i think that is how sven feels. i was simply trying to point out that there is nothing wrong with using experimental. when and _if_ the time comes to upload 2.1.x, i think it should be done in experimental, not in a staging area that a developer would have to maintain. but that time is not now, as we still have 2.0 issues to work out. -- gram
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