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Bug#692327: libotr: Please provide libotr2



On Tue, 6 Nov 2012 10:59:42 +0100
Thibaut VARENE <varenet@debian.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 03:04:21PM +0100, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> >> I thought that Wheezy having been frozen for quite some time, it was okay
> >> to upload new packages to unstable again.
> >
> > I'm sure we would've communicated that on d-d-a if this would've been
> > the case.
> 
> Okay then. Wheezy has been frozen for 4 months already. Out of
> curiosity, how long will we have to wait before new software can be
> pushed again to Debian?

If it's targeting experimental, that is already possible and has never
been a problem.

If it's to target unstable then expect an announcement on d-d-a to the
effect that unstable is now open again a few days after the Wheezy
release. (Release, not freeze). i.e. around the time that Jessie
becomes available as the new testing.

Note that from past experience, it's not advisable to upload very soon
after the d-d-a announcement anyway. So many other packages get
uploaded at that point that many dependencies become uninstallable. Talk
to maintainers of packages which your package needs and co-ordinate in
advance.

If you want it in Debian now, push it into experimental. If you want it
Jessie (the next testing), then wait for the d-d-a announcement. If you
wanted it in Wheezy it's too late. If you just wanted it in unstable
then it's clear that this is not desirable and your only option is
experimental.

-- 


Neil Williams
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