Re: R 3.0.0 and required rebuilds of all reverse Depends: of R
On 2013-04-02 14:17:17 +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
> The release happens when (almost) all RC bugs are fixed, the freeze is
> to allow the existing bugs to be fixed whilst *protecting* the other
> packages from breakage caused by new software being uploaded.
You can still fix bugs while new software is uploaded, and more
generally RC bugs should be fixed ASAP.
> The RC bug count only ever comes down once a freeze is in place.
Developers should not wait for the freeze to fix RC bugs.
> New software causes new bugs, that's inescapable.
But new software also causes existing bugs to be fixed. The number of
bugs tend to decrease, in particular in bug-fix releases (note that
such releases are also blocked by the freeze).
> To reduce the bug count, existing software must be fixed without
> allowing new software to continue breaking things and whilst making
> the absolute minimal changes to the software which is still working.
> *That* is the freeze.
No, buggy new software that breaks things should not enter testing
in the first place. That's what unstable/testing is for. New buggy
packages should remain in unstable while new versions of good
packages could still enter testing for the next release.
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