* we're before DebianImportFreeze (check ReleaseSchedule) and
* our version of the package has no Ubuntu changes
* and the Debian package is in sid (in testing for LTS releases of Ubuntu)"
so maybe the package gets automatically imported to Quantal's (12.10) repositories.
I think you're right but the Wiki [1] states
"An explicit sync is not necessary, when
* we're before DebianImportFreeze (check ReleaseSchedule) and
* our version of the package has no Ubuntu changes
* and the Debian package is in sid (in testing for LTS releases of Ubuntu)"
so maybe the package gets automatically imported to Quantal's (12.10) repositories.
[1] https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/SyncRequest Process# Before_ requesting_ a_sync