Bug#849505: nodejs 6.9 in unstable, manual transition, schedule
2017-01-04 14:32 GMT+01:00 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>:
> On 04/01/17 12:02, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>> 2017-01-04 11:56 GMT+01:00 Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk>:
>>> Quoting Jérémy Lal (2017-01-04 10:12:44)
>>>> 2017-01-04 10:04 GMT+01:00 Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org>:
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 09:54:34AM +0100, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>>>>>> i really think it would be best to have nodejs 6.9 in next debian release.
>>>>>> That version is currently in experimental and i was about to upload it
>>>>>> to unstable, but i tried to do things right and prepared the addons
>>>>>> that need to be rebuilt and binNMUed, then opened a transition bug
>>>>>> #849505.
>>>>>> No answer yet, people are busy, and the number of concerned packages
>>>>>> is low (a dozen or so), should i just rebuild and upload them myself ?
>>>>> The transition freeze was on Nov 5.
>>>>
>>>> This is not very smart - i'm talking about something that will make
>>>> future maintenance and security patches easier, something that is easy
>>>> to do and that i can even do alone.
>>>> Contrast this with an openssl 1.1 upload few days before the
>>>> transition freeze. I don't get it.
>>>
>>> libssl transition was coordinated with the release team well before the
>>> freeze.
>>> Apart from giving up and let things rest as they are (or fall apart and
>>> get kicked out), I believe there is also the option of asking the
>>> release team for permission to do the transition even if late.
>>
>> Oh, i thought transition bugs were read by release team.
>> Please, release team ?
>
> Sorry but this is way too late. Shipping the latest upstream release always
> makes it easier to backport fixes, but at some point we need to stop accepting
> transitions in order to stabilise and prepare for the release. That point was
> two months ago.
That's too bad for debian stable, especially considering the high
level of compatibility
between the two versions, the transition could have been quick and painless.
Jérémy
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