On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 04:09:28PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Michael Banck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I wouldn't feel like setting up a repository for testing that only > > clueless people-who-put-every-apt-line-they-see-in-their-sources-list[0] > > would use. > > Others would see what you had done and you could post patches to the BTS > with the fixes in them, etc. > > > 1. See above > > 2. I don't have the time > > 3. I'm not running testing > > Ah, so, you don't have the time. That would be the reason testing > hasn't got security updates- not enough skilled people with the time to > actually *do* it. People with the time and skills, DD or not, could > provide updates and eventually I think these people and updates would be > incorporated into Debian in a move where Debian would then start > officially supporting testing. I don't believe Debian should ever do it > piecemeal or partially. If it's going to be done then it needs to be > done completely and we must have enough people to do it before we > announce that we will. > > > 4. I would have to get a s/390 > > While having one would be fun if you'd actually been reading what I've > been saying you'd have noticed that you wouldn't have needed one. You > wouldn't need to be running testing as your main system either.
And beside, i think IBM can give you an account on one of those. Friendly, Sven Luther
