On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 22:32 +0100, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > Hi Marc, > > On Monday, 07 Mar 2005, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:03:50 +0100, Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >* Frank KÃster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-05 17:52]: > > >>http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/2005/03/msg00019.html > > > > > >But it is very slow at the moment. > > > > Yes. And the people responsible refuse - as usual - to communicate. So > > nobody knows about the reason. > Might it be that they try to get no new packages into the archive before > a release? It is just a guess...
One of the goals of testing was to avoid freezing large portions of unstable prior to a release. NEW should not stop processing before a release. Now it's possible (even likely) that the people involved have better things to do before a release than process NEW, like talk to mirrors or test infrastructure. I haven't seen any evidence to this effect, though, and if it's the case I think most people would like to know. This delay is bothering our users -- I have several packages waiting in NEW, and I've either had to upload them to people.debian.org (libifp, which has even had a new upstream release while it's been rotting there), or gotten 2-3 people per week emailing me privately about (libmusepack, python-flac). If NEW is stopped because the FTP masters are busy, other developers should know. If NEW is stopped because FTP masters or RMs think that processing new packages prior to a release causes problems, other developers should know. I'm not saying they're *wrong*; likely they know better than most developers the relationship between RC bugs in testing and new packages. But I would like to have something concrete to tell upstream developers when they ask me why, despite my having a package ready a month ago, their users still can't get it via APT. Right now I just have to mumble something about sarge, busy people, and "Real Soon Now." It frustates upstream, it frustrates our users, and it frustates other Debian developers. -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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