uploads to unstable in times of freeze (was Re: debconf as a registry)

2014-10-19 Thread Thorsten Glaser
On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: If package is suitable for unstable but not for testing, please upload to unstable and file severe bugreport to keep it from entering testing. I thought so too, but learned that this is a bad idea. Sometimes, you have to update the package in

Re: uploads to unstable in times of freeze (was Re: debconf as a registry)

2014-10-19 Thread The Wanderer
On 10/19/2014 at 09:19 AM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: If package is suitable for unstable but not for testing, please upload to unstable and file severe bugreport to keep it from entering testing. I thought so too, but learned that this is a bad

Re: uploads to unstable in times of freeze (was Re: debconf as a registry)

2014-10-19 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting The Wanderer (2014-10-19 15:24:03) On 10/19/2014 at 09:19 AM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: On Fri, 17 Oct 2014, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: If package is suitable for unstable but not for testing, please upload to unstable and file severe bugreport to keep it from entering testing. I