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<p>First, I assume you mean before pushing it into the STABLE repository.</p>
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<p>No. Extras-Devel is for betas, unstable, and things which aren't</p>
<p>ready for the general user to access.</p>
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<p>If I have something there I usually if not always leave a note to TURN</p>
<p>THE REPOSITORY OFF after grabbing my code or doing any updates.</p>
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<p>Trying to recurse to extras-devel-devel extras-devel-devel-devel by</p>
<p>other names is not going to help.</p>
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<p>If bleeding edge user is not willing to wait one or two weeks for the</p>
<p>software to be promoted to extras and is not willing to invest the</p>
<p>time and effort of dealing with active pre-release repositories</p>
<p>(consider MS service pack betas or Ubuntu alphas or nonstandard</p>
<p>updates) there is nothing reasonable to be done.</p>
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<p>Extras-devel is already a safety system, and an effective one when</p>
<p>used properly.</p>
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<p>The user has the options:</p>
<p>1. Wait until it is officially promoted to Extras</p>
<p>2. Learn to deal with having Extras-Devel active (maybe a FAQ or HOWTO</p>
<p>would help)</p>
<p>3. Blow themselves up.</p>
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<p>So, basically, your solution is 'do nothing because people should know better'? It doesn't matter what you tell people, they'll leave it enabled anyway.</p>
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<p>Why WOULDN'T you do something if there's a reasonably simple software solution?</p>
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