Mart Raudsepp wrote:
> 
> Is it stated in any documentation that 30 days is a policy?
> 

Not that I'm aware of - it is a guideline as you indicate.  However, 
don't expect anybody to actually take action on a STABLEREQ if there 
isn't some kind of rationale for going stable so quickly.

The whole point of stable is that they provide some sanity to the 
release process - if upstream releases a new version every other week 
then perhaps we should either:

1.  Question whether it should go stable at all.
2.  Pick a version once in a while and target it for stabilization, 
backporting fixes as needed.

We don't need to be Debian stable, but if the only reason for 
stabilizing a package is that upstream has already moved on, then I 
think we're making a mistake.  In fact, if upstream abandoned a release 
after only two weeks that would be a good reason NOT to stabilize it.

End users can always run ~arch if they need to - at least this way they 
know in advance what they're getting into.