Some of you know about the custom transition tracker I use to prepare transitions [1]. Contrary to the official Release Team transition tracker [2] the ben configuration doesn't automatically get created nor removed, so we can still review completed transitions for example.
The custom ben configurations also include packages that build depend on the -dev package in the list of affected packages. Affected packages that aren't good nor bad need to be investigated. These likely don't need the build dependency any more, of may need build system changes to link to the libraries again. I propose to move my custom tracker from its temporary location on my webserver to the team webspace on Alioth [3] so that it can the be accessed via https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/transitions/. The benefit of our own permanent transition tracker is mostly in planning stage. One downside is that it doesn't know about the other transitions in the official tracker, although those could be synced easily. Alioth doesn't have the ben package installed, so updates will have to be manual or automated outside of Alioth. Ideally the tracker get updates automatically on at least a daily basis to incorporated the changes in unstable. Updating the trackers in only matter of running `ben download <args> && ben tracker <args>` so easy to automate. The official transition tracker uses the projectb database that gives it more real-time access to the current state of unstable. The alternative used by the custom tracker, downloading the Sources/Packages files from the mirrors, can only access changes in unstable once every 8 hours (after d-install & mirror push). If anyone sees value in having permanent transition trackers for the various Debian GIS packages, I'll start making the necessary changes. Otherwise I'll keep things as they are. [1] http://linuxminded.nl/tmp/pkg-grass-transitions/ [2] https://release.debian.org/transitions/ [3] https://pkg-grass.alioth.debian.org/ Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1
