Hi Steve, On Sun, 2022-06-19 at 18:04 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Hey Adam! > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 08:31:23PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: > > We're (again) running behind in getting the next point release for > > bullseye sorted, and I know we're about to run into the > > Deb{Camp,Conf} > > period. I think the possible dates that make sense are: > > > > - July 2nd (means freezing next weekend, but so be it) > > - July 9th > > > > I think there's already a couple of things pending on KiBi's review > > list; I'll try and flag up any others as soon as I can. > > Argh. I've got a few pertinent issues here: > > * I'm *really* busy over the next few weeks (work and debconf) which > make things awkward for me to fit stuff in. :-/ >
ACK. Debconf, and people being away for it again this year, rather snuck up on me. TBH, June rather snuck up on me. :-( > * IIRC this should also be another buster point release, possibly > the > last before it's dropped / passed over to LTS? Or are we thinking > another one in August for Buster? Checking last year's dates, we > released on Aug 14 so I'm thinking maybe we could/should push back > that last point release into August. In that case, I'd be happier > to do a bullseye-only point release in July. Neither of the dates > you suggest are ideal for me (see above!), but under time pressure > it's easier to cope with a single release rather than two. > stretch's LTS finishes at the end of June, and there's been some initial discussion about how/when to handle the switchover for buster, but it's not been concluded yet. I'm not sure I have the bandwidth to be organising two point releases over the next couple of weeks either, if I'm completely honest. > * We have some secure-boot related updates that have not yet > filtered > through for buster and bullseye. We're working on stuff for > bullseye > now, but buster may take a little bit longer yet. I'd prefer the > 9th if possible. > ACK, thanks for the note / reminder. Regards, Adam