Re: Debian Installer Lenny Beta3 plans
Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> writes:
> On Tuesday 27 May 2008, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> I mostly agree with you. However the changes for beta3 or rc1 are
>> small. We had a lot of larger changes in beta2 and that delayed all
>> the release work.
>>
>> The main work for beta3/rc1 would be the move to newer kernel but that
>> shouldn't be hard and we start that now.
>
> I don't see any point in doing an extra beta just for a kernel update.
> Dailies should be good enough to test with new kernels.
I don't want only kernel update on that beta. If we have the new
features a new beta would be nice. Otherwise, it isn't need indeed.
>> The reason why I said that we need to have testing images and all
>> review done before commiting is to always have the tree releasable and
>> to avoid messing it up ending delaying the release too much.
>
> I agree that makes some sense. It would be good to have at least bigger
> changes and changes that include string changes acked on the list before
> they are committed.
>
> The fact that developers can now use git-svn should make that a lot easier
> than it was in the past.
> I have one request though: when people post patches from git to the mailing
> list, please include them as *attachments* and not inline. That makes it a
> lot easier to apply them without whitespace issues.
> And please also mention what the SVN HEAD revision was on which the patches
> are based.
Fully agree. That would make life easier indeed.
>> I'm really unsure if all the proposed new features will be ready in
>> time and I do expect we can make a release really soon. My top item in
>> TODO is to look at kernel-wedge but porters could start this work by
>> theirself and propose the patches.
>
> No, porters cannot start. We ALWAYS need to take care of any structural
> changes first, and there are a few this time. I've started looking at this
> earlier today.
I didn't look at it yet so I don't have a general view of those
required changes. I'm looking forward to hear more about that from you.
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