Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > Hi! > > On 6/4/06, Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de> wrote: > >Now, my question is: Can I release a package that bases on not-released > >sources? If so, I request for an sponsor. Otherwise, what should I do? > >Wait? <snip> > You just need to take care if the program is really ready to be used. > You need to see if it's OK to upload the package to unstable or if > it's better to use experimental, until the final version of the > program is released. The "experimental" distribution is meant for new versions of existing packages that make large changes. With a new package, you can upload to "unstable" and then prevent it from moving into "testing" by immediately filing a bug on with severity "serious" simply saying that it is not ready for release. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings -- ben@decadentplace.org.uk shortened to ben@decadent.org.uk If you've signed my GPG key, please send a signature on and to the new uid. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
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