Package: debian-reference Version: 1.10 Severity: normal Tags: patch As a followup to #355664, I still see it wrong in 1.10, so I am opening a new bug at your request.
Section 1.5 includes When packages in unstable have no release-critical (RC) bugs filed against them after the first week or so, they are automatically promoted to testing. This is inexact and can be misleading for testing users trying to understand why a package in unstable doesn't reach testing and when the transition will occur. Patch for English attached.
--- preface.sgml 2007-01-13 06:04:43.000000000 -0500 +++ preface.sgml.new 2007-01-13 06:18:13.000000000 -0500 @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ <item><tt>unstable</tt> — Cutting edge. The choice of &debian; developers. <![%f-ref;[See <ref id="unstable">.]]> </list> -When packages in <tt>unstable</tt> have no release-critical (RC) bugs filed against them after the first week or so, they are automatically promoted to <tt>testing</tt>. +Packages almost always go through <tt>unstable</tt> before entering testing. Usually, when a new package is in unstable since 10 days and no new release-critical (RC) bugs were filed against it, it automatically transitions to <tt>testing</tt>. <p> <
