On 7 Jul 1999, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > >>>>> "Rafael" == Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Rafael> ------- Start of forwarded message ------- > Rafael> From: Per Abrahamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Rafael> The specific issue is that Debian is distributing an alpha > Rafael> version of Gnus as the default Gnus for XEmacs on their > Rafael> unstable branch. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > I imagine the package maintainer's intention is that if that version > of Gnus is not ready for prime time when `potato' is frozen and about > to be renamed as `stable', then that Gnus will be replaced by a known > stable version, and the Alpha/Beta code moved to the newly created > `unstable'.
I wish something like this to be made policy. Even if license is free, I think we should always ask for permission before packaging alphas or betas for the unstable distribution. -- "7d1c716a42918ae1a9ad2895d9a94ea0" (a truly random sig)
