Re: completing etchnhalf
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 02:07:53PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 05:13:57AM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> >hey Sledge et al,
> > It looks like we are targeting 4.0r4 etchnhalf for next weekend
> >(07.25), which is approaching quickly. What tasks remain from the
> >debian-cd side? What might be a reasonable expectation for media
> >availability after the release? Let me know if there's anything I can
> >help with.
>
> Hi Dann,
>
> In terms of the debian-cd work, I'm expecting 2 parts:
>
> * a normal point release (boring, routine, crank the handle and test
> the resulting images install OK).
>
> * a set of specialised CDs (1 each for i386/amd64/source, I guess)
> that contain the extra etchnhalf bits. Frans has already played a
> little with that part. I don't expect any big problems, but there
> will probably be some by-hand frigging to make them look right.
>
> The first part should take the usual couple of days to build and test,
> *although* I'm going to be away and busy for a large chunk of next
> weekend myself. Maybe Manty or somebody else could watch over the
> build...?
>
> The second part won't take very long at all to build, as we'll just be
> making 3 CD images. But it may take a few attempts to get them right,
> and I'm thinking that'll be me working on it, either late on Sunday
> 26th or Monday 27th.
>
> How does that work for you?
That sounds good to me - I don't know if I can be fully available
during the late Sunday/early Monday (which would probably fall between
my standard work hours here), but I don't know how much help you'd
need from me anyway. I should be able to help with some testing Monday
evening though.
--
dann frazier
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