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Re: "submission rules page" proposal number 2
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:14:33PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jan 23 12:58, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please-rDBXBDvO6BXQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 12:43:56AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> >
>> >>A package released in Ubuntu (like "warty") is a stable Linux
>> >>distribution. But these packages are direcly derived from Debian
>> >>"unstable" release category.
>> >
>> > So, presumably, ubuntu has a package page which you can refer to when
>> > sending an ITP here.
>>
>> Good. Since Debian category "testing" is below "unstable" (aka Ubuntu),
>> can we conclude the case of Debian as follows:
>>
>> - stable, testind: Accepted
>> - unstable: only if it is found from released Ubuntu.
>
>Why don't you just point to Ubuntu instead?
Yes. Which is what I meant by "ubuntu has a package page".
Debian's unstable page is not adequate.
cgf