On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 01:52:18PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: >Hi, > >On Mittwoch, 8. September 2010, Daniel Baumann wrote: >> > Well, it was the case during lenny's freeze because (if I'm not >> > mistaken) the packages were still brand new at that time, which doesn't >> > apply anymore. >> >> this is not what luk said to me last release cycle. >> >> > Besides, I don't see changes having something related to >> > the archive's state. If there are any, please comment on them. >> >> people (including me) can't really do wide tests of images that can't be >> build in the first place if not all tasks are installable. that's why >> some bugs only turn up quite late in the release cycle. > >a few packages are in this boat: debian-cd, live-* packages, debian-edu, fai >and probably others.
True. I'm expecting to continue my long-standing tradition of debian-cd being one of the last packages uploaded before the release... >what they also have in common is that breakage in them doesnt affect other >packages. > >so IMHO all these kind of packages should be treated differently then the >rest. equally to the rest they should also only be updated with care and sane >diffs :) Of course! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
