how long do packages stay in testing?

Tue Apr 17 19:26:51 UTC 2007

Jack Tanner wrote:
> The testing repo has packages as old as openldap-2.3.30-1.fc6.1.src.rpm 
> 30-Nov-2006 and sysklogd-1.4.1-42.fc7.src.rpm 11-Dec-2006. Is there any policy
> about how long packages should stay in testing? AFAICS, if a package shows up in
> testing, it's either good and should get pushed to updates in a little while, or
> it's bad and it should get yanked from testing. Right?

It's very hard to remove packages from testing after you've
decided not to release them. So some people just leave them there,
apparently.