[cut-team] Daily wheezy snapshot installation media now available

[davi at gnu.org]

Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 03:11:35PM +0000, davi at gnu.org a écrit :
> >   instead of cherry picking packages from the 'new' testing,
> >   ban to enter CUT the ones with release critical bugs.
> >   So only what is at good state enter in the next CUT.
> 
> Alternatively, I would like to propose, especially for leaf packages of low
> priority, the possibility to downgrade to either the stable version or a
> version from snapshot.debian.org, when they are not affected by the bugs. 
> This would be a decision taken usually by the maintainer, because of
> course it can be taken only by somebody who knows if the package is
> downgradable or not. And of course if a package is part of a dependancy
> chain, concertation is needed.
> 
> That would eliminate bugs from the radar with minimal effort, and let
> volunteers concentrate on the really problematic ones. More importantly, it
> would make CUT a broad community effort.

I absolutely agree with your view.