Bug#737013: MATE packaging is currently work in progress

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 03:27:15PM +0000, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> as Stefano explained above MATE packaging is work in progress. The
> observed behaviour is expected and normal while we are in the
> process of uploading all MATE packages to Debian unstable.

While I appreciate the efforts to get MATE into Debian, the logic for closing
this bug seems kind of flawed.

If jessie were released today, would this package really be useful?
If it's not ready for release, it shouldn't land in testing... and an RC bug
would be an appropriate way to keep it out until it's actually ready...

Thanks for working on MATE!

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