Am Mittwoch, 2. September 2015, 22:46:12 schrieb Matthias Bodenbinder: > Am 02.09.2015 um 19:50 schrieb Gary Dale: > > I know I've been using Debian for a long time. That's why I'm amazed that > > something this bad is being put into testing. When KDE4 came along, it at > > least was fairly stable and usable (if incomplete) before it was moved to > > testing. If I wanted bleeding edge software that didn't necessarily work, > > I would be running sid or pulling stuff from experimental. > > > > As your quote says "Those criteria should ensure a good quality for > > packages within testing." Putting out a broken desktop can in no way be > > considered "good quality". I run testing because I want to test software, > > not to get mad at the developers who volunteer their time to get the > > packages ready for prime time. In this case the process seems to have > > misfired by bringing us the Plasma desktop when it is nowhere near ready. > > > > This is the third time in the last few weeks that I've been forced to use > > Gnome because KDE couldn't do even basic desktop stuff. I suggest that > > testing should revert to KDE4, if that is possible, and wait until KDE5 > > achieves some level of stability before inflicting it on us again. Let > > the brave souls who run sid do what they, not I, signed up for. > I 100% support that statement. On the debian wiki > (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting) it says: > > Packages from Debian Unstable enter the next-stable testing distribution > automatically, when a list of requirements is fulfilled: [...] The package > does not introduce new release critical bugs.
So and now *who* reports these? Then rethink from there. Thanks, -- Martin
