Re: Release update: debian-installer, kernels, infrastructure, freeze, etch, arm

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 04:15:40PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> * Adrian Bunk (bunk@stusta.de) [050401 23:35]:
> > On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 03:48:00PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > >...
> > > Major changes in etch
> > > ---------------------
> > > 
> > > If you intend to make major changes (like a C++ ABI bump) during the
> > > development of etch, please speak with the release team as soon as
> > > possible, describing the changes you're planning and why.  This way, we
> > > can help you to make your transitions as smooth as possible, ensuring
> > > that packages go quickly into testing/etch, don't hold up other packages
> > > or the release in general, and don't take us by surprise.  We would
> > > appreciate it if you could send these emails before the end of April
> > > to debian-release@lists.debian.org.
> 
> > If not, the release team should also send the information required for 
> > this:
> > 
> > When is the estimated freeze date for etch?
> 
> As written by Steve on d-d-a recently: We plan 12-18 months for etch.

Why do you need to know about all transitions this month if Debian 3.2 
is scheduled for the end of 2006 or 2007?

Can't this in the case of e.g. the C++ ABI bump cause the same problems 
as with Debian 3.1 that you transition too early and might have with 
the same amount of work done an even bigger ABI bump?

> Cheers,
> Andi

cu
Adrian

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