On 12/25/18 3:46 PM, Dominik George wrote: [...] > > Name of the new repository > ========================== > > In the past, the name “volatile” was used for a similar repository, but > with a different scope (limited to data packages for things like virus > scanners). I will thus use the working title volatile throughout this > proposal, although this may change. > > Other ideas: fastlane, unsupported > "rolling" sounds like a good fit [...] > > Building packages and package dependencies > ========================================== > > Packages for volatile are built the same way as formal backports, only > that the source is taken from unstable rather than testing. In > particular: > > - Changes shall be kept as small as possible. > - The package is rebuilt against stable. > - The package may depend on packages in stable, stable-backports or stable-volatile. > stable-rolling sounds more appropriate than stable-volatile. > Dependencies on other packages in volatile should be avoided if > possible. How to handle upgrades from stable to stable+1. Packages from backports upgrade with no issues as stable+1 contains the same packages already compiled for the stable+1. How about LTS? As stable-rolling repository would be usable in conjunction with stable-backports and stable, would then oldstable-rolling continue to roll or just freeze in place at the moment when the stable becomes oldstable? [...] > > > Implications for the situation at hand (gitlab) > =============================================== > > As there were quite a few concerns raised (some of which I share, and > some I don’t): Of course, if a software intended for volatile has a ton > of dependencies (intended to go into backports), all backports rules and > powers of the ftp-masters apply. Repeating myself: volatile is not meant > to ease the life of maintainers. > Continuous delivery development model based upstream applications are not quite a good fit for a stable release distribution. Milan
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