Re: Bits from the Release Team - Kicking off Wheezy
On Wed, 13 Apr 2011, sean finney wrote:
> I was only 50% at the last DebConf and missed the CUT BoF, but thought
I missed the BoF too (I was not at DebConf).
> reading blogposts etc afterwards that people weren't as focused on the
> "branch out stable" approach that I'm talking about, and rather were
> more interested in stuff like "snapshot testing", "alternative testing
> from unstable", etc). But I could be mistaken.
There's clearly 2 sides to CUT:
- provide regular snapshots with a working installer
- rolling, aka make testing suitable for end-users and something that
never freezes
The summary article I wrote some time ago presents both aspects:
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/10/04/can-debian-offer-a-constantly-usable-testing-distribution/
> > While I think this is the long-term goal, it might be more sensible
> > to start with rolling and testing in parallel. And I also think it
> > requires us to become involved in release matters and to develop
> > new tools to streamline the process.
>
> In the way I had thought of things, "rolling" == "testing". That's to
> say that nextstable branches off the main line of development, gets it's
> own staging area for updates, and the testing/unstable duo function just as
> they did before. So from what I see we would need the nextstable-testing
> area, plugged into the autobuild system, and an independant instance of
> the release infrastructure as a starting point.
Is the "nexstable staging area" the same as "<release>-proposed-updates"
in your view ?
Or would there be a britney moving stuff from your staging area to
nextstable ?
> I don't think I've heard anything back from anyone who's actually on
> the release team regarding this, but if they were at least non-comittedly
> open to the idea, I'd be willing to throw my hat into the ring to help
> put something together.
Yeah, it would be great to have some feedback from RT team members. I
tried to get some indirectly when I interviewed Meddi Dogguy and Adam D.
Barratt:
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/04/07/people-behind-debian-adam-d-barratt-release-manager/
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/12/23/people-behind-debian-mehdi-dogguy-release-assistant/
Cheers,
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