[Mageia-dev] ANN: version freeze and what it means for Mageia 1 updates

Mon Mar 12 09:29:14 CET 2012

On 03/12/2012 09:06 AM, Samuel Verschelde wrote:
+> Hi,
+>
+> Just a quick reminder that the version and release of a package in cauldron
+> must ALWAYS be higher (or equal) to that in Mageia 1. Otherwise we cannot
+
+I would explicitely add to this to check also updates, backports
+_and_ testing repos...
+
+> guarantee upgrade from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2. Since we are in version freeze
+> we must check this with more accuracy.
+>
+> Packagers, let's keep this (obvious) rule in mind (I'm not sure it's
+> enforced in the buildsystem yet, but I may be wrong).
+>
+> QA Team, before validating an update, please check the version in cauldron.
+>
+> BTW : do we have a check.mageia.org page to spot packages for which this is
+> not the case, if there are any?
+>
+> Maybe this reminder is not useful at all, but I think it's always better to
+> send it rather than not.
+>
+> Best regards
+>
+> Samuel "Gives lessons and does nothing" Verschelde
+
+
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+J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com>        \               Winter is coming...
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