Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-22 Thread Jon Nelson
> Jon Nelson wrote: > > 7 Nov 2000 is quite a bit longer than 10 days from 18 Jan 2001. ... > Well it is somewhere between 9 and 11 days interval depending on > timezone issues and dinstall run times. You miss my point -- 7 Nov 2000 is 2 months, 11 days (approx) from 18 Jan 2001. 2 months 11 days

Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-22 Thread Joey Hess
Jon Nelson wrote: > 7 Nov 2000 is quite a bit longer than 10 days from 18 Jan 2001. > For whatever reason, adns was not in testing. This should fix it. > In my mind, I was justified filing a wishlist bug. > If there is a better mechanism, say so Well it is somewhere between 9 and 11 days interval

Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-22 Thread hogan
> > Moral of the story: Read the update_execuses if you want to know why ... > Ah. I was not aware of such a document. perhaps in the next weekly news? Umm.. update_excuses HAS been in weekly news.

Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-22 Thread Jon Nelson
> Packages do not go into testing until a minimum of 10 days after they > enter unstable, of course many other factors can keep them out as well, > including release critical bugs, build problems on other architectures, > or dependancies on packages that are not yet in testing. Now, if we look > at

Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-22 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 07:02:05PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > It is completly pointless to file a bug against a package requesting > that it go into testing. I thought I'd point this out as I have seen > several bug reports like this lately. The maintainer of a package has > little control over whet

Re: Bug#82710: A version for testing, please.

2001-01-21 Thread Joey Hess
Jon Nelson wrote: > Package: libadns1 > Version: 1.0-3 > Severity: wishlist > > I would very much like a version of adns for 'testing'. It is completly pointless to file a bug against a package requesting that it go into testing. I thought I'd point this out as I have seen several bug reports lik