Can't get rid of precise-proposed

[Helmut Schneider]

C de-Avillez wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Aug 2012 23:12:13 +0200
> Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > Helmut Schneider wrote:
> > > Nils Kassube wrote:
> > > > Helmut Schneider wrote:
> > > > > helmut at ubuntu:~$ sudo aptitude show postfix
> > > > > Package: postfix
> > > > > State: not installed
> > > > > Version: 2.9.3-2~12.04.2
> > > > 
> > > > That doesn't look like a package from proposed:
> > > > 
> > > > nils at alix33:~$ LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy postfix
> > > > postfix:
> > > >   Installed: 2.9.3-2~12.04.2
> > > >   Candidate: 2.9.3-2~12.04.2
> > > >   Version table:
> > > >  *** 2.9.3-2~12.04.2 0
> > > >         500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> > > >         precise-updates/main
> > > > i386 Packages
> > > 
> > > But:
> > > 
> > > helmut at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get changelog postfix
> > > postfix (2.9.3-2~12.04.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low
> > > [...]
> > > helmut at ubuntu:~$
> > > 
> > > Or is the "precise-proposed" misleading?
> > 
> > I suppose that this package was sent to proposed first with the 
> > appropriate changelog entry and later it was moved to updates
> > without an additional changelog entry. Then I wouldn't say that the
> > changelog is misleading. But maybe someone else can tell you what
> > should be in the changelog. Anyway, I wouldn't use the changelog to
> > determine the repository providing a package.
> 
> All package updates on a stable release are first sent to -proposed;
> this means that the changelog for the source must point to the
> respective -proposed for this build. 
> 
> After being approved, they are moved to -updates. The changelog is
> not updated (so it keeps pointing to whatever was the target when the
> package was built last).
> 
> A bettter indicator of the packages being considered for install is
> 'atp-cache':

Thanks.