Subject: Re: 96 New Debian i386 Packages

From: Michael Meskes <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 10:52:36 +0200 (MET DST)

Ian Jackson writes:
> When a package is uploaded an announcement should be posted to
> <tt/debian-changes/.  The announcement should give the (source)
> package name and version number, and a very short summary of the
> changes, in the <prgn/Subject/ field, and should contain the
> PGP-signed <tt/.changes/ file.  Some additional explanatory text may
> be added before the start of the <tt/.changes/ file.
> <p>

Okay IMO.

> If a package is released with <tt/Distribution: experimental/ the
> announcement should be posted to <tt/debian-devel/ instead.

'Distribution: experimental' means unstable, doesn't it? Or do you really mean
the experimental subtree under project?

Michael

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From: Guy Maor <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:26:20 -0500 (CDT)

> the experimental subtree under project?

No, `experimental' means the experimental subtree under project.
`unstable' is unstable.

Guy