Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Hanke
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:50:36AM +0100, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:24:47AM +0100, Michael Hanke wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Ondrej Certik writes: > > > > > I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I

Re: Frozen unstable

2009-02-05 Thread Ben Finney
Steve Langasek writes: > It's not necessary to freeze unstable when preparing to release > testing; this is a significant reason why testing exists as a > separate suite. That's exactly what I thought; I'm glad to see a member of the release team reassert it. > So in fact, unstable is *not* fro

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 07:24:47AM +0100, Michael Hanke wrote: > On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > Ondrej Certik writes: > > > I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I > > > understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable, testing, ..)

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ben Finney (06/02/2009): > I'm unhappy about it too, but I don't understand it. Where can I find > an explanation for the necessity of freezing ‘unstable’ when preparing > to release ‘testing’? For more than verbose explanations, see -devel@ a few weeks ago, starting at <200812160703.00258.russ..

Re: Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Michael Hanke
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Ondrej Certik writes: > > > I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I > > understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable, testing, ..), > > there is probably no other way. > > I'm unhappy about it too,

Frozen unstable (was: please test the numpy package)

2009-02-05 Thread Ben Finney
Ondrej Certik writes: > I am unhappy that unstable gets frozen for such a long time, but I > understand that with the current setup (e.g. unstable, testing, ..), > there is probably no other way. I'm unhappy about it too, but I don't understand it. Where can I find an explanation for the necessi