On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 04:06:04PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > But you're right -- there is an issue if the package shouldn't even exist
> > in unstable (because it's been split up or renamed or some such). So we
> > probably shouldn't propagate to unstable if the target is only stable.
> I don't think we should propogate to unstable automatically at all. It
> is the wrong thing to do, and will cause more problems if everything
> isn't synced for all archs.
It could also do the wrong thing for new packages uploaded to frozen (like
the postgresql-slink or gdb-arm packages for potato).
Cheers,
aj, who thinks making these rules without any escape clauses is a bad idea
--
Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/>
I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred.
``Thanks to all avid pokers out there''
-- linux.conf.au, 17-20 January 2001
Attachment:
pgpl6dTalMyam.pgp
Description: PGP signature