Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Ondrej Certik <ondrej@certik.cz> writes:

> I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I
> understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable, testing, ..),
> there is probably no other way.

I'm unhappy about it too, but I don't understand it. Where can I find
an explanation for the necessity of freezing ‘unstable’ when preparing
to release ‘testing’?

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