Hans de Goede wrote:
1) Can it cause regressions for existing users? -> No
It wouldn't be classified as a regression but new packages can definitely cause issues when user's see the announcement and install it if they are not tested appropriately.
2) Will it get installed automatically by the relative few people who have updates -testing enabled, and thus see any kind of testing (atleast if its installable)? -> No
It won't get automatically installed but we can solve that by having a QA group that gets all the packages pushed into updates-testing or finding other good solutions to solve this.
3) Is there any added value in a new package first sitting for a few days in testing -> No (because of 2)
2 is a justification for better QA solutions to the problem and not for ignoring any chances to test new packages.
4) Is it rewarding to packagers if there packages become available to all immediately -> Yes
We need to care about end users not getting affected more compared to packagers gratification of getting a new package a week earlier.
5) Are the chances of end-users seeing the package and thus installing it, leading to it actually getting tested better in updates-testing, or in updates? ->
If every package that is pushed to the development tree gets pushed into the updates tree for existing releases they would get more testing too. I don't think you would argue for that.
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