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vacant

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From: downstairs

Registered: 2004-11-05

Posts: 816

Be kind to "Testing"

Why does every package have to hit testing? What has testing ever done to them. Bullies!!!!

http://www.archlinux.org/news/348/
http://www.archlinux.org/news/347/

Last edited by vacant (2007-09-24 09:39:43)

ezzetabi

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Registered: 2006-08-27

Posts: 947

Re: Be kind to "Testing"

6 b explains...
Or if you like it more, actually everyone hates testing. This is why programs quickly leave it for core or extra...

mezoko

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Registered: 2005-03-26

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Re: Be kind to "Testing"

Why because developers can only do so much, sometimes the miss really obvious bugs that they may not notice. Or there might be compatibility problem with another package. Just looking briefly at the xorg 7.3, http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=37670  it appears that there are a lot of things that do not work, that need workarounds. Imagine if xorg 7.3 went straight to extra! The forums would be flooded with problems.

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Cerebral

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From: Waterloo, ON, CA

Registered: 2005-04-08

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Re: Be kind to "Testing"

Heh, I get it.  Packages "hit" testing.  Testing is the abused, bullied schoolkid of our distro, it seems, all beaten and bruised.  Fglrx hit testing too, and hit it hard.