https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=512748

--- Comment #17 from surcouf <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to tnemeth from comment #15)
> (In reply to surcouf from comment #14)
> > >Thanks :)
> > >  I'll wait for the package to appear in Debian Testing ;)
> > 
> > What is the logic behind the apparition of a package update in Debian 
> > testing? Does it come because a user triggers it? Or does it come after a
> > given piece of time? Or another logic?
> 
>     Upstream makes a new version --> the debian developer in charge of the 
> package
>     creates the new package (at his/her own time appreciation) --> the 
> package is
>     pushed to "sid" (Unstable, "Still In Development") --> automatic analysis 
> tools are
>     used to check for package consistency --> after a week without reports 
> (some users
>     test packages in Unstable : those are the really dedicated ones) the 
> package is moved
>     to Testing where more timid users (like me) can test a system that is 
> (almost) up to date
>     with the state of the art.
> 
>     Every 2 years (something like that) Testing freezes progressively and 
> when all problems
>     are resolved Testing is moved to Stable. Then, about a week after, 
> Testing thaws and a
>     stream of ready Unstable packages flows into it. That was the case last 
> summer.
> 
> Thomas.
Thanks for the explanations.

Regarding this specific bug, I presume it can be closed, since Thomas Baugart
committed his fix into master and 5.2 branches, cannot it?

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