On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 03:37:21PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * paddy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041011 15:35]: > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 02:02:47PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > Of course we need to reserve the right to drop packages - but, doing > > > that would still be bad. Adding a package to volatile means for me that > > > we are very confident that we can support it till the current debian > > > major release is archived. If we can't do that, we shouldn't have added > > > it in the first place. > > > Hmm, deja vu ;) > > > > What happens to packages that become orphaned? > > The same that happens with them in stable. The volatile team has to keep > care of them till the current debian major release is archived.
Given that the volatile team is the gatekeeper to the volatile archive, this is an excellent approach: packages are unlikely to get in too easily. It's also a big commitment: kudos once again for stepping up to the plate. Regards, Paddy -- Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall
