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[Earnie Boyd]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 08:53:30PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> > Ok, I bit. Step 5:
> >
> > 5. Create setup.hint file following the documentation on this web page.
> > For new packages the first upload MUST be tagged as experimental. Once
> > the package has no major bug reports from the users, then a current
> > package may be introduced
> 
> I hate that.  Quote from a few lines above the `setup.hint' section:
> 
>   Test versions are specified via the setup.hint file as described
>   below. It is not required that your package have a test version.
>   Use of a test version of a package is at the discretion of the
>   package maintainer.
> 
> And how long does it take to wait for "major bug reports from the users"?
> 1 day? A week? A month?
> 
> Not amused,
> Corinna
> 

Nor, am I amused.  If it must be tagged I'd rather see the tag NEW
instead, unless the maintainer believes that it's actually an
experimental version.

Earnie.

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