Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:33:49 -0800, Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> serious is a severe violation of Debian policy (that is, it >>> violates a "must" or "required" directive), or, in the package >>> maintainer's opinion, makes the package unsuitable for release. >>> >>> This severity is *designed* to allow packages to live in unstable >>> that should not yet go into testing. > >> Yes, but I don't think any package in unstable should ever be >> permanently not fit for testing (temporary unsuitability is norma > > Do you have a reason, or is this mere personal opinion? If > indeed you happen to have a technical reason, please share.
My opinion, influenced by that of the RM: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html -- Don't worry, it's *in*-flammable.
