On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 11:13:08AM +0200, Jérôme Marant wrote:
> > Package: mhonarc
> > Version: 2.4.9-1
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Despite the beta labelling, MHonArc 2.5.0b2 is the primary download
> > offered at www.mhonarc.org. Additionally, it has been out for several
> > weeks with no complaints from the MHonArc mailing list.
> >
> > Suggest packaging this new upstream version of MHonArc.
>
> I object to this. This is beta software and there is no need to replace the
> current stable version with a beta one, this is non sense.
> Consider that we are Debian and not RedHat that is why we care for quality
> much more than others.
>
> Please wait for final 2.5.
But is it really a beta version, or is the upstream just clueless about
version labelling? The submitter's comments imply the latter.
Besides, a new version can be packaged for experimental.
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