new packages freeze policy
Sarah Hobbs
hobbsee at kubuntu.org
Sat Sep 8 13:49:17 UTC 2007
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> Could someone remind me the purpose of this distinction? Why should
> newer, buggier packages be given a later freeze time?
>
Because nothing else can possibly depend on them. Whereas with current
packages, if you upgrade package x that package y and z depend on,
packages y and z have the potential to break.
(This is the reason more so than ScottK's, although that is part of it.)
Hobbsee
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