On Sun, 2019-07-21 at 10:55 -0300, Ivo De Decker wrote: > Hi Ben, > > Sorry for not getting back to you about this earlier. > > On 7/7/19 3:43 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Sun, 2019-07-07 at 02:47 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > > [...] > > > No binary maintainer uploads for bullseye > > > ========================================= > > > > > > The release of buster also means the bullseye release cycle is about to > > > begin. > > > From now on, we will no longer allow binaries uploaded by maintainers to > > > migrate to testing. This means that you will need to do source-only > > > uploads if > > > you want them to reach bullseye. > > > > I support this move in principle, but: > > > > > Q: I already did a binary upload, do I need to do a new (source-only) > > > upload? > > > A: Yes (preferably with other changes, not just a version bump). > > > > > > Q: I needed to do a binary upload because my upload went to the NEW > > > queue, > > > do I need to do a new (source-only) upload for it to reach bullseye? > > > A: Yes. We also suggest going through NEW in experimental instead of > > > unstable > > > where possible, to avoid disruption in unstable. > > [...] > > > > This is not going to fly for src:linux. We can't stage ABI bumps in > > experimental as we typically have a different upstream versions in > > unstable and experimental. We even need to do ABI bumps in stable from > > time to time. > > We are aware that src:linux is a special case here. I added an exception > for the arch:all binaries from src:linux. When the next ABI bump in > unstable happens, feel free to let me know, so that I can check if it > works as expected.
linux version 5.2.17-1 was the first version that included an ABI bump and did not have any regressions that blocked it from testing. It has transitioned to testing including the developer-built arch:all packages, so I believe that this exception works. Thank you! Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Unix is many things to many people, but it's never been everything to anybody.
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