Re: removal of packages from testing.

2010-07-22 Thread Mike Bird
On Thu July 22 2010 12:44:39 Neil Williams wrote: > > We used to use Testing for desktops and laptops, but the hassle > > of disappearing packages was not worth it. > > Any stats on that? Just how many packages were affected? Before or > after a release freeze was announced? Real users have to be

Re: removal of packages from testing.

2010-07-22 Thread Neil Williams
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:13:41 -0700 Mike Bird wrote: > On Thu July 22 2010 11:28:49 Neil Williams wrote: > > Removing packages from testing does not remove them from any > > existing installation, so it's hard to see how the removal of > > packages which are plainly not suitable for release in sta