Re: Bug #566650: Please unblock dtc 0.32.2-1
Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 23:17 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> - I have missed the deadline only for few days (12 days, right?). Before
>> that, the RT had more relaxed rules since the debconf10 announcement,
>> which was a surprise for some.
>
> We apparently have different definitions of "few"; mailing 12 days after
> the initial freeze announcement is quite different from mailing 12 days
> after the announcement of the more restrictive approach.
Yes, I perfectly understand that. I've been made DD only last (end of)
June, which isn't a lot of development time. I wouldn't blame the RT if
there's a negative answer to this unblock, but honestly, I'm trying to
make things better, and this would be the best technical decision to make.
>> - PHP 5.3 has been sent to SID/Testing just few days before the freeze.
>
> The upload history of the php5 package disagrees with you. 5.3.1 was
> originally uploaded to unstable in early February, and 5.3.2 in March;
> 5.3.2-1 migrated to testing in April.
Oh! Thanks to let me know I was wrong on that one.
>> We all have to make sure that
>> our packages are in good shape for this new version of PHP.
>
> Surely it would have been better if this had not been left so late in
> the cycle?
>
>> If the RT
>> wasn't ready to accept the consequences of such a big move, then maybe
>> it wasn't a good idea to upload PHP 5.3.2?
>
> Please could you explain this comment? As above, PHP 5.3.2 has been in
> unstable since March, and testing since April;
I have sent you a separate email which explains it.
> that was the maintainers'
> decision and not something that required the Release Team to be "ready
> to accept the consequences".
In my previous email, I wrote:
"I'm not sure, and the decision isn't mine anyway. The goal here is just
to highlight the difficulties due to this change, not to blame anyone."
I still don't want to disrespect anyones choice.
Thomas
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