On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 07:29:31PM +1000 , Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:05:49AM +0200, Petr Cech wrote: > > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 06:42:33PM +1000 , Herbert Xu wrote: > > > FWIW, I do all my development under testing. I virtually ignore unstable > > > unless I need a specific package from it. > > but autobuilders will still compile with unstable, so it's really useless > > (even dangerous) to upload i386 build on woody, when autobuild packages are > > unstable. > > That's not true at all. It's quite possible (although probably a little > unlikely) to maintain your packages from a box running stable, if you like.
that depends. If I need libc6, X and gtk maybe, but you really loose on apache, sablot (I need to kick the maintaner for the stupid shlibs, IMHO). Or the ssl fiasco. I´ve had unstable package made uninstallable day after I uploaded it with compiled latest unstable. Now, should I let the package there - no, because mostly the new upload also deletes the one I compiled with and so there is NO way to get that upload into testing The same if, if I would compile with woody - it made the package uninstallable on sid and I would have to pray that the hacked build-depends, what were made according the status of woody, when I uploaded was still valid when autobuilders get around to rebuild. Of course I loose unstable for that. The result? The package is not in testing and not installable in unstable Petr Cech -- Debian GNU/Linux maintainer - www.debian.{org,cz} [EMAIL PROTECTED] <sgore> We Are Debian. You Will Be Packaged. Media Opinion Is Irrelevant.