Hi, This mail is mostly a reminder of an existing practice documented in similar mails a few years ago, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to mention that process again. Even more so since it's been a while since the last such freeze… https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/08/msg00003.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/06/msg00002.html So it's been a few years now, and packages producing udebs are still getting frozen from time to time, when a Debian Installer (d-i) release is getting prepared. The list of currently affected packages can be found in the following release hints file: https://release.debian.org/britney/hints/freeze If you want to learn a bit more about the reasons behind this, you can read the following blog post of mine: https://mraw.org/blog/2014/08/10/Why_is_my_package_blocked/ TL;DR: d-i is built upon many moving parts, testing takes some time and sometimes regressions happen right before final installation images get built. Avoiding such situations is the reason behind such udeb freezes. As a maintainer, if you feel your package should be unblocked during such a udeb freeze, you can file an “unblock” request against the release.debian.org pseudo package, mentioning the block-udeb you'd like to get an exception for. Bonus points if you include debian-boot@ and kibi@ in X-Debbugs-Cc directly so that the installer team notices you're requesting to get an exception. The release team would usually contact us anyway, but looping us in from the start can increase your chances of getting a swift reply. Depending on the amount of changes and (planned or tested) consequences for d-i, your package might be unblocked or might wait until after the release has been published. Looking at the previous release cycles, such freezes usually last for a few days only, from a given debian-installer upload until installation images have been built successfully, and haven't found to be crippled with obvious bugs. The freeze for the Debian Installer Bookworm Alpha 1 release should happen this week, and will be lifted as soon as the release is published. Thanks for your attention and for your patience. Cheers, Cyril, for the release and installer teams. -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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