On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 02:28:36PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > It seems there are only minimal checks, so developers can unwittingly > > upload broken packages. > > Any numbers where you can proof your claim? Developers are required to test > the packages before upload, and I havent noticed any uninstallable package > in years. > > > Even if the package is only "broken until tomorrow, whereupon the > > upload will be complete", that too should not be allowed to propagate > > to the mirrors until ready. > > This cannot happen, what do you mean? Uploads are integrity checked. > Besides, thats what unstable is for, a package does not propagate to testing > or stable it has bugs.
I think he's talking about mirrored Packages files being updated before all the packages get mirrored and/or arch all packages reaching the archive before arch specific builds (except the maintainer's arch), because of buildd queue. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
