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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: [PROPOSAL] Debian Release Plan
From:       Arnaud Vandyck <arnaud.vandyck () ulg ! ac ! be>
Date:       2003-08-01 17:50:15
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Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 07:03:46PM +0200, Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
> 
> > I  propose to  create a  meta-package  called 'release-status-sarge'
> > that depends on  packages (with version number) that  we want to see
> > in sarge.
> 
> I don't think  that the most important release  goals can be expressed
> in terms of version numbers.  For example, RC bug fixes.  I don't find
> goals such as "we want version X of package Y because it's the newest"
> to be  very useful in  producing a quality  release, nor do  I believe
> that these  are the kind of  goals which are  responsible for Debian's
> long release cycle.

If there are RC bugs to packages that 'release-status-sarge' depends on,
it won't go to testing... 

We can  think of  a new release  when 'release-status-sarge' will  be in
testing. 

-- Arnaud Vandyck, STE fi, ULg
   Formateur Cellule Programmation.

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