Re: post-upload procedures/transition from unstable to stable
On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 10:00:59AM -0400, tmancill wrote:
> I've RTFM and don't really find reference to what happens after a package
> upload and the announcement email. Partly, I'm just interested in what
> happens, but I'd also like to know about the process of getting a package
> into stable. (The 2 packages I've adopted were both in "unstable".)
Well once you upload the package (assuming it is going into unstable) AFAIK
it sits in incoming until it gets moved into unstable and becomes part of
debain unstable (that is of course unless something causes it not to be
accpted but generally for unstable that shouldn't be a problem)
As for stable...you can upload into stable instead of unstable. If you do this
it will sit in incomming until it gets rejected...which never gets it actually
into stable.
AFAIK the ONLY time you can upload into stable and have it go in is if it
is basically a crittical fix (ie it closes a security hole)
The proper way to get your packages into "Stable" is to upload into unstable.
Work on them..upload.. then evenrtually Stable becomes frozen...then your
packages are in frozen instead of unstable. Then wait as little while longer
and (barring major problems that have to be fixed) frozen eventually becomes
"stable"
And through this progression your packages go into stable :)
of course this is all just how I understand it.
so to sumerise my understanding:
1) all NEW packages AND new versions, fixes, etc of packages go into unstable
by default.
2) ONLY security fixes and other MAJOR fixes (ie fixing bugs that may cause
major filesystem corruption etc) go into stable
3) Going into frozen is similar to stable but less strict, it is allowed to
fix less major bugs...but still no new versions or new packages
as for specifics of "what goes on" thats about all the detail I have
does that make sense? did I miss the question entirely?
-Steve
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