Re: Many packages missing from testing
Joona Kiiski wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Now for about two weeks there have been many packages out of testing.
> I'm must wondering what's the point? Those missing packages prevent me
> from upgrading because there are many among those which I desperatily
> need and I don't want to start hacking apt. Wouldn't it be better to
> have an unstable version of packages in testing than no version at all!
>
> Okay, you are pros, I'm just a newbie and there must be a good reason
> for this, this situation is just irritating. Maybe you could consider
> having four versions
> of debian in transition phase, like: stable, testing, testing-new,
> unstable. And when 99.5% packages would have entered testing-new it
> could replace testing. Just an idea, maybe it would just make things
> too complicated for developers and maintainers.
>
Check out this thread. Some perspectives on the missing packages in
testing...
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2005/11/msg00683.html
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Mitch Wiedemann
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