Re: Grace period for kernel-source uploads
On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:12:57 -0400, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think it would be really useful if whoever is planning the next
> kernel-source upload would give at least 24-hour advance warning by
> e-mailing debian-kernel that such upload is planned. That would give
> people a chance to review their patches, make last-minute additions and
> build a test kernel based on the new k-s. Just an idea, comments are
> welcome.
>
I'd rather people do kernel-source uploads when they're needed. One of
the problems with architectures all using k-s is, attempting to coordinate
a release that every arch is satisfied w/ is problematic. People get
annoyed when their arch is ready to go, but they have to wait for some
other arch. So, it's better to just release whenever. We have
kernel-tree, which means kernel-image packages don't need to rebuild for
every k-s release.
The way this works in practice is; I get i386 in shape, release k-s
2.6.x-1. Svenl gets powerpc ready, and dannf gets ia64 ready (though
they don't coordinate), and Sven releases k-s 2.6.x-2. Horms throws some
security fixes in SVN; Joshk gets sparc ready, and releases k-s 2.6.x-3.
Due to the security patches, other archs rebuild against 2.6.x-3. And so
on.
If people want to give advance notice of a k-s release, that's fine, but
it shouldn't be a requirement.
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