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That's in 5 +days, for people that do not look their calendar. + +Reasons for a freeze +----------------------------- +We start the freeze in order to focus now on fixing pending bugs and +stabilize general state of distribution in order to prepare the +release of Mageia 2 on 3rd of may. The version freeze will be followed +by a release freeze on 7th of april, and a freeze for release. The +main goal is that bugs are caused by general changes, so to reduce +bugs count, we should focus on just fixing them. It avoids edge +effects because of last minute updates. + +What it changes in practice +---------------------------------------- +if a package is a different version from the previous one, youri ( our +package upload tool ) will block the upload, unless you are in a +special group ( see end of mail for the list ). So while non version +change can be uploaded without problem ( so people can still add +patches, etc ), version changes should be submitted by autorized +person. + +How to ask for an exception +----------------------------------------- +- First, try to build the rpm locally, test it, see if it installs and +works fine. +Check that the changes are minimal enough, on Provides and Requires +tags, on file location, etc +- Do not commit in the main branch for now ( you can use branch if you want ) +- If unsure, please ask first for a freeze break on mageia-dev, with +reasons. Please keep in mind that only bugfixes should be accepted. +- Once the break is accepted, please commit and then ask for submitting + +Criteria for accepting updates +------------------------------------------ +Since we aim for stability, the criteria would be near the ones of +updates. For example, if this is upgrade to a stable release when the +rc was here ( like for gnome ), this should be ok. If that fixes an +important bugfix, or a security issue this should be ok, provided +there is not much breakage, and that it doesn't require to rebuild +half of the distribution. + +Please explain clearly if there is an important bug, give url, etc. + +While we should have discussed this before a little bit more ( as said +in meeting ), we will take the following list for now, with people who +should be both avliable and experienced enough. + +List of authorized people to submit new version +- misc +- ennael +- tmb +- anssi +- boklm + +<A HREF="http://meetbot.mageia.org/mageia-dev/2012/mageia-dev.2012-02-15-20.13.log.html#l-75">http://meetbot.mageia.org/mageia-dev/2012/mageia-dev.2012-02-15-20.13.log.html#l-75</A> + +Cheers + +ennael & misc +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="012797.html">[Mageia-dev] qt3-devel +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="012536.html">[Mageia-dev] Version freeze: 2012/03/07 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#12533">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#12533">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#12533">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#12533">[ 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> |