Re: how to manage d/changelog for updated but not yet sponsored package

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>, 2012-02-13, 20:07:
> > > I consider uploading the package to ‘mentors.debian.net’ a release of 
> > > the package, since at that point interested people (e.g. reviewers) 
> > > can rely on it, and the version should refer uniquely to what I 
> > > uploaded at that time.
> > >
> > > Be aware, though, that some people disagree (on the grounds that it's 
> > > not a new version until it enters Debian).
> >
> > I believe that vast majority of sponsors disagree.
>
> Note however that the FTP team does not reject such packages.

What kind of argument is that?

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Jakub Wilk