Re: Why do experimental packages (e.g. clang-13) get in unstable?

["sp007@caiway.net" <sp007@caiway.net>]

Thanks for the reminder

I have a still spare thin client free for testing.

I could use this one for learning bug-fixing.

I'll start reading the mailing lists more carefully.


Arne

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:11:50 +0100
Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:

> On 2022-01-15 18:33:23 +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Vi, 14 ian 22, 15:37:21, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 10:56:19AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > > So clang-13 1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4 testing is in testing/unstable,
> > > > but the changelog says:
> > > > 
> > > > llvm-toolchain-13 (1:13.0.1~+rc1-1~exp4) experimental; urgency=medium
> > > 
> > > Because despite what the changelog or the version string say, the
> > > maintainer uploaded that version to unstable:
> > > 
> > > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1293514/accepted-llvm-toolchain-13-11301rc1-1exp4-source-into-unstable/
> > 
> > In this particular case yes, though as far as I know it's possible that 
> > a Maintainer re-uploads the same package to unstable after it's been 
> > uploaded to experimental first.
> 
> Thanks. I think I'll have to rely on what "apt-show-versions -a"
> says to be sure that it has really been in unstable.
>