Re: Ubuntu discussion at planet.debian.org
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
>> I don't think so. Dinstall would reject any new upstream release.
>> Approvals would only apply to t-p-u just like it is done currently.
>
> Umm. So no new debian native packages? Even though those are
Debian native packages are someway a special case.
> the ones we can best control? Also, this is a half-hearted
> solution. There is often a poor correlation between bugs and new
> upstream releases (in other words, I have screwed up packages in the
> past with my debian revision uploads far worse than any new upstream
> version).
At least, stabilizing upstream releases would be an improvement, it
is called "feature freeze".
Of course, you can always find a way to screw new debian revision.
> I still think you should look into testing-frozen and
> candidate distributions, locking down testing-frozen, and working
> towards improving candidate -- and that way, it is less intrusive,
> we'll not have to scrap the current mechanism, and we can compare
> both methods all at the same time.
IIRC, Raphaël Hertzog already made such proposal in his DPL platform
two years ago. Are you refering to this? I recall he has been utterly
pissed of by the RM at that moment.
> But that involves getting down, rolling up your sleeves, and
> doing _work_ -- rather than convincing other people to do it your
> way. The former is more likely to succeed.
Ack.
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Jérôme Marant
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