Re: Vision for the future (was: Re: COUNT(buildd) IN (2,3))
On Monday 14 March 2005 19:38, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 07:17:08PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote:
> > Both are currently "happening." The current release and security teams
> > say that they cannot support the tier-2 arches for etch. The porters jump
> > up and prove them wrong by creating
> > stable-with-security-updates-after-two-weeks and eventually we will have
> > timely Debian stable releases people can trust their jobs on and Debian
> > stable-with-security-updates-after-two-weeks releases for
>
> Which end done doing less because they have to duplicate all the
> architecture already in place for tier1, no ?
I believed that to be the point of this whole thread: the people who do this
work for sarge believe that they won't be able to release etch within any
reasonable timeframe with the current modus operandi.
A specific example: Security updates.
If they are no more than a regular buildd upload, then doing
stable-with-security-updates-after-two-weeks should be possible without much
effort from the porters.
If security updates are more than a buildd compiling and uploading a new
source package after a DSA was released, that is a good hint why the current
security team is burdened by this and why this should be put on porters
shoulders.
I know that a stable release is more than security updates, but I think the
argument holds also for other parts: D-I, package selection, RC-bug handling,
etc ...
In any way I think the effect should not be a fork of efforts but more people
adding work where it will help the arch reach tier-1 status or realizing that
the arch cannot fulfil the (vary) high quality standards Debian/stable
adheres to.
Regards, David
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