On 21.12.2016 19:16, Sandro Tosi wrote: >> They are still, what the name suggests: candidates, with no confirmation >> to be useful in a production environment. I don't see why they should >> ever migrate to testing (as they did in 1.11.1rc.1). Last time, we had >> an numpy RC in testing for more than four months (2016-05-06 to >> 2016-10-16)! This doesn't confirm a sigh quality tendency. And imagine > > this is the diff between 1.11.2rc1 and 1.11.2 (not the same versions > you mentioned, but the most recent one we can make such comparison): > > https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/python-modules/packages/python-numpy.git/diff/?h=upstream/11.11.2
... and the difference to the one before is larger, and more critical, and longer in testing. > the version is just a name, there will be bugs even in the most shiny > new release of every software An "RC" instead of a release is there for a reason. The last (1.11) numpy release process has shown that. It would be nice if the Debian packaging would reflect this difference. Best regards Ole