On 18124 March 1977, Matthias Geiger wrote:
Another example:
"
[blocker] [packaging] Build-Depends and Depends name
golang-github-stephens2424-writerset-dev, not found in the archive
"
This is also just wrong. An experimental upload can just
(Build)-Depend on
packages not in the archive; it does not matter as long as it
stays in experimental. That is the whole point of experimental.
Stating it like this is wrong. Experimental is just another archive
area, so does need to follow the usual rules for main/contrib/non-free.
Sure, for preparing migrations (to new versions) before uploading, it
may happen that shortly something is missing yet, but unlike the
definition for contrib (where the missing part can be considered normal
and forever), this isn't the main purpose of why experimental exists.
(You can have the shortly missing part in unstable too, actually).
--
bye, Joerg
