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Re: m68k release future



> On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 11:34:24AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > No, I just like to know what we're trying to achieve before starting to
> > do anything.
> >
> > Okay, so the idea is:
> >
> >   (a) move m68k from etch to testing-m68k

Ack.

> >   (b) automatically promote m68k packages from unstable to testing-m68k
> >       when the same version gets promoted into etch.

If that's possible (depending on the state of packages in testing-m68k).
That's what I thought the tricks with m68k specific hints would come in.

But sure, ack.

> >   (c) when, or after etch has released, make a snapshot of testing-m68k
> >       called etch-m68k if possible. possibly simply include that in etch
> >       proper if the RMs deem it to meet the release criteria.

Precisely.

> >   (d) over time, improve the promotion rules for testing-m68k to be
> >       a proper m68k-only britney run with appropriate criteria for
> >       m68k (for example, counting debian-68k@lists.debian.org:m68k-rc
> >       usertagged bugs as release critical, or :m68k-non-rc as not being
> >       RC in spite of a serious severity)
> >
> > Yes? No?

d) was where I got hung up, following pronoucements in the discusssion
that we'd have to do this on our own, from day one. Now this sounds a lot
more doable :-)

> Wouter? Michael?

Seems I should really check my mail every day :-)

	Michael



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