[Pkg-octave-devel] Updating the packages on RC-unrelated issues

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On 12 July 2012 05:36, Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at laboissiere.net> wrote:
> I have briefly discussed in private with Sébastien about how we should
> proceed with the updates of the DOG packages regarding RC-unrelated
> issues, either bug fixing or new upstream releases.
>
> In order to keep the possibility of fixing RC bugs for wheezy via
> unstable, Sébastien suggested that we create branches called
> "experimental" and upload the new versions of the packages to the
> distribution of that name.
>
> What do the other DOG members think?

I wish Debian's release cycle didn't change the de-facto meaning of
unstable and experimental during freeze time. I wish that during
freeze time, a new wheezy-proposed or whatever branch was created and
unstable and experimental kept the same meaning.

Sadly, instead experiemental becomes the new unstable and unstable
becomes "wheezy-backports" or "wheezy-proposed". It has to be done
this way. It's how everyone else in Debian does it. So yes, this is
what happens.

- Jordi G. H.