On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 03:46:33PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > the system. (And, I don't believe that a proposal with so many changes > to the pool and mirror system has a real chance to be implemented.)
Why do you need many changes? All the packages could go in the pool and you'd just need a few extra Packages and Release files for the new experimental sections. The difficult bit would be creating new upload areas and autobuilds. The autobuilds should not be a complicated as some people on this list seem to think - all that is needed is another chroot for each experimental section. Automatic builds are essential for two reasons: - making sure the package works on all architectures (otherwise it may be in sid for a long time holding up testing) - encouraging testers (aka developers) to use experimental. If people don't use it then it isn't all that useful. I don't think I like the idea of automatic propagation from experimental to sid as suggested in some replies - it's easy enough for package maintainers to upload/copy to sid when the time is right. They are the people who can judge this timing the best. -- .''`. Mark Howard : :' : `. `' http://www.tildemh.com `- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
