Do we want extras/testing/{4,5} repos (was Re: Packaging review guidelines clarification)

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le samedi 18 février 2006 à 19:45 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis a écrit :

> Site note: If this code soon works for real should we consider to put
> the public extras/testing/ repo "back to life" (or let's say: start
> using this old idea again)? 
> 
> We could use it with a scheme like "All new or updated packages should
> hang out some days in extras/testing/ before they get pushed over to the
> official trees automatically; only important updates that for fix
> security problems go directly to the official tree". 
> 
> Opinions? 

The only interest of a scratchpad is it's not mandatory/automatic, if
you force it on everyone the situation won't be any better than we have
now.

Let packagers decide when they need to use the scratchpad and to whom
they advertise the result for testing purposes.

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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