Hi mentors,

I have been targeting package sponsorship requests at experimental
because of "no changes in unstable that are not targeted for trixie" [1]
and I note that "the migration of packages from experimental to unstable
is entirely at discretion of the packagers" [2]. However, I haven't been
able to read up on what workflows are available for this migration and
am curious to find out the answer ahead of needing it when the freeze
ends.

It seems a given that a new upload with a new changelog entry and a
later version number will work but are there also options either for a
sponsor to re-upload the same identical package with unchanged changelog
to unstable or is there a semi-automated mechanism featuring something
like britney that can do the same?

And in any of these cases is there an automated removal mechanism for
the redundant package left behind in experimental?

Thanks!

[1] https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html

[2] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental

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On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 12:42:38 PM Mountain Standard Time Hilmar Preuße wrote:

Yes, do exactly this. Re-uploading the same version again won't work.

And in any of these cases is there an automated removal mechanism for
the redundant package left behind in experimental?

Yes, there is.

"As part of their archive maintenance role, the ftp-master team periodically (daily, cron-job) run a tool which searches for packages that should be removed. This tool used to be known as "rene" (and is still often referred to as such) but has now become the "cruft-report" sub-command of dak. In the cases handled by this tool, there is no need to request that your package be removed, they are handled in batches from times to times (apart from the "Architecture Not Allowed In Source" case, which still need a removal request).”

"Packages in experimental for which a higher numbered version of the package exists in unstable ("NVIU" - "newer version in unstable”)”

https://wiki.debian.org/ftpmaster_Removals

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Soren Stoutner
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