[Pkg-octave-devel] Transition 3.8 -> 4.0

[Rafael Laboissiere]

* Sébastien Villemot <sebastien at debian.org> [2015-04-28 18:37]:

> Unfortunately I think we will have to wait some time before being able 
> to start the transition. The NEW queue is at a historical high with 
> something like 500 packages waiting. And the transition queue is also 
> quite populated, since we are just getting out of the freeze. In theory 
> we should also wait for the final 4.0 release, though this is not 
> strictly required.

After that historical high at the beginning of May, I can notice an 
almost steady (albeit slow) decreasing in the size of the NEW queue [1].

Does anyone have an idea of how long it will take for having the octave 
package accepted?  I thought that soversion bumps were dealt with quicker 
than whole new packages.

Rafael

1. https://ftp-master.debian.org/stat.html