On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 11:14:53 +0000, Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> wrote: >On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:32:28 +0800 >Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 1:41 AM, Marc Haber wrote: >> >> > Yes, I have heard your (it was you, wasn't it) talk in Heidelberg. I >> > took with me that you plan to adopt a "once you're out of testing, >> > you're out of stable for the next release, unless you're really >> > really important" policy for stretch, which has put me in deep >> > worry. >> >> Packages often get autoremoved from testing and then go back in >> quickly once they are fixed, so I'm not sure that is correct. > >So this phrase: > >[during the latter half of our freeze] >> > "once you're out of testing, >> > you're out of stable for the next release, unless you're really >> > really important" > >*is* correct *if* the original prefix is retained - and it shouldn't >overly worry any developers. It's a necessary step to actually getting a >release.
Are you actually saying that hamm, slink, woody, sarge, lenny, squeeze, wheezy and jessie haven't been releases? We actually did pretty well without that rule, and I find it deeply disturbing that people are suddenly claiming that this - imo harmful - rule is absolutely necessary to get a release. There was a time when we released when it was finished. Now it seems like we aim to release at all cost when the calendar says that we should. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834