On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 10:11:43PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2018/12/msg00028.html > > This wasn't about gitlab. Oh. I must have misread the "gitlab" in the subject, along withthe mail being sent to the gitlab maintainer, a gitlab bugreport in the BTS, and concerning a request to accept gitlab into backports ;). Still, there's a big difference: * The thread you refer to is about uploading to backports. This proposal ia about *not* uploading to backports. The newly-proposed section is only intended to co-exist with backports, and interact nicely with backports. (Mind the difference between backport as a general term for a package made available for an older distribution, and the name backports for a section in the Debian repository). * Your mail you are referring to talks about "backports" from unstable being a different workflow - this proposal proposes such a workflow. * Your mail refers to packages being indistinguishable in -backports - this proposal is all about having a new section in the repository to distinguish them. In short: This proposal addresses the exact concerns you raised before )although I am not the person you expressed them towards). -nik
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