Hi Emmanuel, all, [...] > > In any event, I can sympathize and am glad that you're opening the > > discussion. Not everything is going to fit the "stable" distribution > > model - sometimes you need the "freshest bits." > > What about uploading such packages to contrib instead of main? This > could relax some of the constraints like packaging the dependencies > separately. I have other packages in mind I'd like to see in Debian that > could fit this scheme (Archiva, Nexus, Qpid, IntelliJ). >
Why exactly would "contrib" relax such constraints? FWIW: I consider separate packaging a major feature and technical advance over I-include-everything-and-maybe-also-modify-it approaches. Best, Michael
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