I just realised, the packages I'm complaining about are essentially squeeze backports. That is, they're packages that the packager wishes could have gone into squeeze but can't because of the freeze, so they go into experimental instead.
Would it make sense then to start $x-backports as soon as $x gets frozen? That way experimental doesn't become a tangled mess of backports and actual experimental packages, you get a head start in starting the backport branch, and maybe even in a few lucky cases, the release managers can even let one of the backports past the freeze. Does this make sense? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
