Re: About the Hamm Freeze
Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com> writes:
> I'll be trying
> to limit changes in Hamm to bug-fixes only. All critical, grave, and
> important bugs _must_ be marked as done before a packages will be allowed
> into Hamm.
'bug-fixes only'... Is that 'registered Debian bugs' or any bug?
I'm both the author and maintainer of tcpquota and xadmin, and I are fixing
bugs in tcpquota (oki, so I add features to, that's where the bugs are comming
from... :), would it be ok to upload such new versions?
> In addition, the criteria for admission into Hamm will become stricter
> as the freeze cycle goes on. After 2-3 weeks on serious bug fixes will
> be allowed. This is to prevent a large number of package fixes to be
> uploaded at the last minutes, thus swamping the testing group right before
> release.
'serious bug fixes'... Same here?
> Some people think the removal from Hamm was a bad idea, some people think
> it was a good idea. It is my feeling that this "blinding flash of pain"
> is much better than a "long and drawn out process". The removal has
> been announced weekly for at least the last 4 weeks, so everybody should
> have known what was about to happen.
'It's better to yank the bad touth, than wagging it free'... :)
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