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We can discuss it a few days and then I'll add the result to the +</I>><i> backports policy page. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Process for backports : +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Triage: +</I>><i> - identify backport requests +</I>><i> - add "Backport Request: " in the bug report summary +</I>><i> - add the "backport" keyword +</I>><i> - assign to maintainer +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The maintainer can refuse to do the backport : +</I>><i> - doesn't want to maintain it => assign the bug report back to +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">bugsquad at mageia.org</A> so that another packager can step in +</I>><i> - has a good reason for not providing this backport (policy, possible +</I>><i> breakage...) => close as wontfix +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Packager: +</I>><i> - create bug report if not done already +</I>><i> - submit to {core,nonfree,tainted}/backports_testing +</I>><i> - find a tester : original bug reporter when there is one, yourself if +</I>><i> there's none, or ask in forums/irc/MLs... +</I>><i> - once tested by at least one person (it must be said explicitly in the bug +</I>><i> report), hand it to QA : +</I>><i> - make sure the bug report summary starts with "Backport Request: " or +</I>><i> "Backport Candidate: " +</I>><i> - add the "backport" keyword if missing +</I>><i> - assign to <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">qa-bugs at ml.mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> - list the source RPMs if there are several +</I>><i> - be ready to fix bugs and answer QA team questions +</I>><i> +</I>><i> QA: +</I>><i> - test backports the same way that we test updates. But don't forget that +</I>><i> updates have a higher priority than that of backports. +</I>><i> - move the packages from backports_testing to backports +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Packager again: +</I>><i> - be ready to fix bugs : once you pushed a backport, you have to maintain +</I>><i> it until the distribution's end of life :) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Does this seem a good process, from the packager, QA and triage point of +</I>><i> view? +</I>><i> +</I> +I updated the wiki page : +<A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=backports_policy#steps">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=backports_policy#steps</A> + +Samuel +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007899.html">[Mageia-dev] Backports process (addendum to policy) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007863.html">[Mageia-dev] time to try to build KDE with gold as linker? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7959">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7959">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7959">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7959">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |