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Re: Units


On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 02:09:17PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 07:38:39AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> Not amused,
> >> Corinna
> >
> >Nor, am I amused.  If it must be tagged I'd rather see the tag NEW
> >instead, unless the maintainer believes that it's actually an
> >experimental version.
> 
> I think I've already given my opinion on this, too.  I don't see any
> reason for a new package to be marked "Test".  What's the gain?  It
> will just result in the package getting almost no exposure.
> 
> What extra information will be gained by making it "Test"?  Will the
> new user be more forgiving?  More apt to report bugs?  I don't get
> it.
> 
> I thought the intent of Test was to have a version of a product for
> people to try while still providing a safety net of a "stable" version
> to fall back to.
> 
> I don't see how that applies to the first release of a new package.

So back to the original question:

John, are you sure that it should become a `test' version?  Otherwise
I'll remove it.

Corinna

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