Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Packages *temporarily* removed from testing and thus making testing less > usable *IMHO* is not a good idea.
The release team has frequently temporarily removed packages from testing to unblock transitions and allow cleaner migration of a bunch of other packages from unstable to testing. This remains a good idea when necessary since it keeps the migration moving forward. I think everyone would agree that, when this happens, it would be preferrable for smarter intelligence in the migration scripts to handle this a different way, but in some cases the problems worked around via this method are very deep and difficult to solve. When discussing this topic in general, keep in mind that specific case, where temporary removal from testing is useful and probably will remain useful for the forseeable future. Of course, if you have time and resources to put towards improving the migration scripts so that fewer cases require such steps, I'm sure that would be welcome. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
