Re: testing and no release schedule
On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 02:44:14PM -0800, Adam McKenna wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:15:30PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> > Adam McKenna <adam@flounder.net> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > I'm not suggesting dropping support. Please learn to read. I'm saying that
> > > architectures with RC bugs that are not popular should not hold up the
> > > release. They can be released later. It will be up to the individual arch
> > > teams when the release happens.
> >
> > You are aware that we do not have any infrastructure for a delayed
> > release of some archs or know how to do it?
>
> Yes, we do. We simply say:
> "Debian 3.1 is released on these platforms:
> Platform 1
> Platform 2
> Platform 3
> etc."
>
> The rest of the platforms will be there, just not officially.
>
> > What happens if foo is buggy on arm at time X when i386 releases? You
> > change the source and put it into the next point-release of i386?
>
> Backport when possible and do point releases. If not, they'll have to wait
> for the next release. This won't be much of a problem if we're on a shorter
> release cycle.
Debian doesn't support upgrading with skipping a major release.
> --Adam
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Adrian
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