Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!news.servidellagleba.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Scott Talbert Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: pyfakefs: Outdate version was migrated today Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:00:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Fri Dec 9 20:59:03 2022 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/20574 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/3786c059-7c1-ffe9-498e-e6ebf211d@techie.net Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 21 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 15:58:20 -0500 (EST) X-Original-Message-ID: <3786c059-7c1-ffe9-498e-e6ebf211d@techie.net> X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:14708 On Fri, 9 Dec 2022, c.buhtz@posteo.jp wrote: > Hello folks, > my question is not critic but just learning purpose. Because in the Debian > universe I always assume that there is a good reason behind each activity, no > matter if I understand it or not. > > Here is one I don't understand. > Today (9th December '22) pyfakefs 4.6.3 was migrated [1] into testing. But > the latest stable release at upstream is 5.0.0 release two months ago [2]. > > So why does a Debian package maintainer invest time and resources into > packaging an out dated version of a package? The version that migrated to testing on 9 December was just a bug fix, see [3]. Version 4.6.3 was initially packaged on 12 September [4]. Scott [3] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1393666/accepted-python-pyfakefs-463-3-source-into-unstable/ [4] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1361844/accepted-python-pyfakefs-463-1-source-into-unstable/