On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 12:14:14PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > It appears that the wireless-tools package is still frozen
> > even though sarge has already been released. Therefore
> > the newer packages won't enter testing. Could you unfreeze
> > it?
>
> wireless-tools is frozen because it generates udebs, and this is currently
> the best method the release team has at its disposal to stop udebs entering
> testing before the d-i team are ready for them to do so.
Hrm...
> Generally, you need to request that updates be pushed in to testing each
> time they would have done so if they were not frozen. In this specific
> case - as noted on the page you referenced - the current version has been
> "unblocked" by joeyh so that the udeb can enter etch for the next d-i beta
> (http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/hints/joeyh).
Why do I have to request that? I'm not part of the d-i team, and in
general I have nothing to do with testing. So I will probably forget to
request this, and then wireless-tools and packages depending on it will
not enter testing, and so on...
--
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org>
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