* Steve Langasek: > "unstable" doesn't mean "it's ok to upload packages with known bugs > that render the system unusable to many users and drives them away > from using unstable because they're using non-free software and that > shouldn't matter to us". The consequences of breaking Java for most > users (whether they're using it in the form packaged in non-free or > not) would be an increased volume of (duplicate) bug reports for the > XSF and, if the problem remains unresolved, a decrease in the number > of users testing the unstable packages for us in precisely the > configurations that are relevant to the XCB switch.
On the other hand, delaying the upload means less testing time with other proprietary applications. For a start, it would probably make sense to file Priority: important bugs on sun-java5 and sun-java6 describing the breakage. Then wait a bit, and if upstream is too busy with other things like OpenJDK to address the issue, upload the XCB switch to unstable anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
