Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Ben Finney
Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz writes: I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable, testing, ..), there is probably no other way. I'm unhappy about it too, but I don't understand it. Where can I find an explanation

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Hanke
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz writes: I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable, testing, ..), there is probably no other way. I'm unhappy about

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ben Finney ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au (06/02/2009): I'm unhappy about it too, but I don't understand it. Where can I find an explanation for the necessity of freezing ‘unstable’ when preparing to release ‘testing’? For more than verbose explanations, see -devel@ a few weeks ago, starting at

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:24:47AM +0100, Michael Hanke wrote: On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz writes: I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable,

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Hanke
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:50:36AM +0100, Steve Langasek wrote: On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:24:47AM +0100, Michael Hanke wrote: On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: Ondrej Certik ond...@certik.cz writes: I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time,