Re: Purpose and policy of the future backports.debian.org.
Charles Plessy schrieb am Wednesday, den 30. June 2010:
Hi,
*snip*
> Thanks for the fast answer!
>
> First of all, I would like to make clear that I am not trying to bikeshed
> xulrunner: I am more self-centered than this and was only thinking on how to
> use backports.debian.org for the Debian Med packages (this is why I opened a
> separate thread).
>
> When I asked about relaxing the rules, I was in particular thinking about
> upload of backports prepared by the original maintainer, before testing
> migration. For instance in some cases, it is crystal clear from the debdiff and
> the maintainer's tests on his computer that some changes uploaded to unstable
> will not introduce new bugs. Updating the backport at the same time would save
> some time and simplify our schedules (no upload echo 10 days later). The other
> constraint that I would be interested to be lifted is the passage through the
> NEW queue when the backport maintainer is the original maintainer, but if it
> requires toolchain development, I understand that this would not be done (again
> the goal is to remove issues from the radar after upload).
I'm strongly against that. I want packages properly tested and in your own
interest you should wait for testing migration of your packages. (of course
there can be exception, but not in general).
I want well tested packages in bpo (which means tested by users, not
uploaders).
> I think that backports.debian.org will be a tremendous addition to our
> distribution, that will distinguish us from many others, and I thank you for
> all the hard work and perseverence that lead to this. Since it opens many
> possibilities, I think that it is important to have a discussion in advance to
> make sure that the vision of the uploaders and the administrators fit well. In
> particular, I think that the question of whether backports should only exist
> for packages that are aimed at a stable release is a very important one. For
> some of the packages I maintain, I predict that my users will be much more
> interested in snapshots (to be consistent over a project) or backports of the
> main package. In that sense, although the package in stable may be released and
> maintained with care, it will be more a byproduct than the real aim.
I have the vision of well tested packages, maintained by experienced
developers users can trust in.
This is how I run backports.org and I plan to continue it. I don't want
backports as a place for snapshot or to deliver development packages to
users.
> By the way, will the backports.debian.org uploads archived on
> snapshots.debian.org?
This is already done for backports.org and will be continued if the service
is offical.
Alex
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