On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 02:25:55PM +0200, David MENTRE wrote:
> Would it be possible to delay the import of the new packages in
> unstable after the 25th of June in order to avoid its import in
> Ubuntu?
Sorry, but I don't consider this acceptable. Even if in this case the
delay would be minimal, we cannot set this precedent to avoid/delay
developing in Debian due to needs of derivatives; we already have our
usual delays without adding such reasons :-)
The saner way to handle this is to have, Ubuntu side, a list of
packages whose import should be blocked. We can provide you with such
a list, but I'm sure you already have it.
Note that this does not mean I don't respect your work to keep OCaml
in shape on Ubuntu; quite the contrary: I deeply respect it and I've
always thanked you for that. But I see needs like yours coming
(hopefully!) more and more frequently in the future, so it is the
right moment to ask, Ubuntu side, a way to block automatic
importing. Can you ask about its possibility?
If, for this time, it cannot be implemented, maybe we can consider
delaying a bit, but it must not become the way to go. Really.
Cheers.
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