On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 09:43:28AM +0200, Björn Stenberg wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Just minor searching through the archive turned these up with relevent > > discussion. > > These posts, as your reply in debian-testing, concern packages that are not > Valid Candidates. > > My question concerns perfectly working packages that are suitable for testing, > yet are never considered. > > I did search the archives, but failed to find a post addressing this issue.
The reason you are seing this, is that the update_excuse file information is not enough to know why a package is not in testing, you can find more information in the update_output.txt file or the testing FAQ, but basically, for a package to be considered ready to enter testing, it needs to be a valid candidate and its inclusion in testing need not to break any other package in testing, which is why most valide candidates are not yet in testing. Friendly, Sven Luther