Reliability of data (Was: Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).)

2007-06-28 Thread Daniel Ruoso
Ter, 2007-06-12 às 10:26 -0300, Gustavo Franco escreveu: Any idea on how to collect more reliable data in a opt-in base? Does a survey on pentabarf (or public acessible) during debconf makes sense? Huh How can opt-in data be more reliable then disperse collection? daniel -- To

Re: Reliability of data (Was: Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).)

2007-06-28 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/28/07, Daniel Ruoso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ter, 2007-06-12 às 10:26 -0300, Gustavo Franco escreveu: Any idea on how to collect more reliable data in a opt-in base? Does a survey on pentabarf (or public acessible) during debconf makes sense? Huh How can opt-in data be more reliable

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-20 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-06-14 20:25:54, schrieb Luis Matos: i don't think this is a reliable situation. At first look, a new package version is better than it's last. If the kernel breaks at boot, the bootloader allows you to boot with the old kernel as _special_ option. Which mean YOU HAVE two different

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-20 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On 6/15/07, Michael Banck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:10:08PM +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: Actually, it seems to me the real problem is that when a new kernel is installed it is immediately used by the bootloader on the next reboot, without asking. That's

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Frank Küster
Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that a package that has been in unstable for a whole release cycle without entering testing should probably live in experimental or not in Debian at all. I guess that is something most people can agree on. Hm, I was tempted to think

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Felipe Sateler wrote: PS: I do agree that it would be nice if there was a way to automatically bring in the modules you are using for the new version, or at least warn, but I can't seem to figure out a nice and elegant way of doing that. And no, more people using testing

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/06/07 at 08:31 +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that a package that has been in unstable for a whole release cycle without entering testing should probably live in experimental or not in Debian at all. I guess that is something most

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Raphael Hertzog wrote: On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Felipe Sateler wrote: PS: I do agree that it would be nice if there was a way to automatically bring in the modules you are using for the new version, or at least warn, but I can't seem to figure out a nice and elegant way of

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Frank Küster
Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hm, I was tempted to think yes, of course, but how about foo-snapshot or bar-cvs? Why shouldn't they be in unstable, autobuilt I think that such packages are OK in unstable, but some might argue that they should go in experimental. and available as

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Emanuele Rocca
* Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED], [2007-06-14 1:14 +0100]: Qui, 2007-06-14 às 01:04 +0200, Emanuele Rocca escreveu: Another option could be calling each snapshot cut -MM, or cut -MM-DD if we plan to release them more than once per month. this makes the snapshots just like the

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 20:27 -0400, Felipe Sateler escreveu: Luis Matos wrote: Qua, 2007-06-13 às 18:09 -0400, Felipe Sateler escreveu: Installing a newer kernel is not an upgrade, in a sense. You are installing new software alongside the old one. Thus the usual expectations don't hold.

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 17:49 -0700, Steve Langasek escreveu: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:32:01PM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: Um, no. That does not happen automatically. In rare cases it happens because the release team has overridden the installability check for a package, because

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Luis Matos
Qui, 2007-06-14 às 13:08 +0200, Emanuele Rocca escreveu: * Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED], [2007-06-14 1:14 +0100]: Qui, 2007-06-14 às 01:04 +0200, Emanuele Rocca escreveu: Another option could be calling each snapshot cut -MM, or cut -MM-DD if we plan to release them more than

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 14 juin 2007 à 14:33 +0100, Luis Matos a écrit : I just want that automatic passages from unstable for testing, when debian is not in a pre-stable-release state have more verifications such as reverse depends. I really don't understand what checks you want to add over those already

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On 6/14/07, Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: having a working system *with* only debian *oficial* packages and then after an upgrade that system stops working properly, i call it a regression ... if ... *if* i had used module-assistant to use nvidia graphics (or camera modules, or wifi, or

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Felipe Sateler
Luis Matos wrote: not true. there are meta pckages that do that for me. kernel has linux-image-2.6-k8 (for example), modules have name-module-2.6-k8 . I had forgotten that those existed. I have always installed my modules and kernels directly. Taking those into account, what you say would

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Luis Matos
Qui, 2007-06-14 às 19:18 +0200, Josselin Mouette escreveu: Le jeudi 14 juin 2007 à 14:33 +0100, Luis Matos a écrit : I just want that automatic passages from unstable for testing, when debian is not in a pre-stable-release state have more verifications such as reverse depends. I really

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Luis Matos
Qui, 2007-06-14 às 20:10 +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout escreveu: I explicitly check to see if there's a kernel upgrade and abort if that's the case, as I do not have the time to sort out the mess before the next reboot. Ideally, it could just install, without having it automatically used next

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Andreas Barth
* Luis Matos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070614 20:20]: Qui, 2007-06-14 às 19:18 +0200, Josselin Mouette escreveu: Le jeudi 14 juin 2007 à 14:33 +0100, Luis Matos a écrit : I just want that automatic passages from unstable for testing, when debian is not in a pre-stable-release state have more

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 07:18:34PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: Le jeudi 14 juin 2007 à 14:33 +0100, Luis Matos a écrit : I just want that automatic passages from unstable for testing, when debian is not in a pre-stable-release state have more verifications such as reverse depends. I

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 02:33:32PM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: kernel upgrades from 2.6.50 to 2.6.51 ... nvidia packages don't build in time (they are not free, right?) ... kernel passes to testing ... That doesn't happen. well ... it happened to me before etch was released

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Luis Matos
Qui, 2007-06-14 às 14:40 -0700, Steve Langasek escreveu: It's an example that does not support your thesis. I have explained to you that packages are *not* propagated automatically to testing when they break the installability of other packages present in testing; that the nvidia modules

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:10:08PM +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: Actually, it seems to me the real problem is that when a new kernel is installed it is immediately used by the bootloader on the next reboot, without asking. That's because you installed the meta-package, saying I want to

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-14 Thread Felipe Sateler
Michael Banck wrote: On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:10:08PM +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: Actually, it seems to me the real problem is that when a new kernel is installed it is immediately used by the bootloader on the next reboot, without asking. That's because you installed the

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Andreas Barth
* Lucas Nussbaum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070612 23:17]: On 12/06/07 at 22:23 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: NO! unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are in the maintainer's opinion ready to migrate to testing should be uploaded to

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:42:34AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: - Smooth passages are not always smooth (who had a working xorg after the upgrade for 7, please raise their hands) AFAIR apart from having to edit a few config files it was quite painless (I've upgraded when Xorg was still in

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 05:40:29PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: I disagree, that's what we've with experimental today mainly due to the fact that there's just a few packages there. Consider everybody uploading every package for unstable instead. Experimental can and does contain packages that

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Ter, 2007-06-12 às 17:03 -0700, Steve Langasek escreveu: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:42:34AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: Ter, 2007-06-12 às 22:05 +0200, Frans Pop escreveu: Personally I think the current system is fine. just a note, as user: The current system is fine but: - priority

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: kernel upgrades from 2.6.50 to 2.6.51 ... nvidia packages don't build in time (they are not free, right?) ... kernel passes to testing ... automatically, the nvidia-module-2.6.50 uses 2.6.50 and not *.51, so ... after a reboot, my

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: The current system is fine but: - priority from unstable should less than testing or stable ( as i think - not for sure - happens nowadays). On experimental has less priority. - There are no guaranties that testing is

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:40:54PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What do you mean by switch unstable automatic nature to not automatic In a few words, move the 'NotAutomatic: yes' from experimental to unstable and burn experimental. So

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Gustavo Franco [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 6/12/07, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:40:54PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What do you mean by switch unstable automatic nature to not automatic In a few words, move the 'NotAutomatic: yes' from experimental

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/06/07 at 11:19 +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: * Lucas Nussbaum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070612 23:17]: On 12/06/07 at 22:23 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: NO! unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are in the maintainer's

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:02:53AM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:40:54PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What do you mean by switch unstable automatic nature to not automatic In a few words, move the

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 13/06/07 at 11:19 +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: * Lucas Nussbaum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070612 23:17]: On 12/06/07 at 22:23 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Gustavo Franco [Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:20:17 -0300]: * Switch unstable (release) for not automatic updates This seems like the key of your proposal, and this is, in simple words and AIUI, why it would not bring any improvements: - Our main objective is to have as few bugs in testing as

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Wise
On 6/13/07, Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be easy to get the list of packages that haven't reached testing in the n months (and have been in debian for more than n months). Such a list exists: http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/oldest.html -- bye, pabs

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 13/06/07 at 15:19 +0100, Paul Wise wrote: On 6/13/07, Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be easy to get the list of packages that haven't reached testing in the n months (and have been in debian for more than n months). Such a list exists:

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 13/06/07 at 15:19 +0100, Paul Wise wrote: On 6/13/07, Lucas Nussbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be easy to get the list of packages that haven't reached testing in the n months (and have been in debian for more than n months). Such a list

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 12 juin 2007 à 17:40 -0300, Gustavo Franco a écrit : I disagree, that's what we've with experimental today mainly due to the fact that there's just a few packages there. Consider everybody uploading every package for unstable instead. This has already been tried by Fedora and

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 03:45 -0700, Steve Langasek escreveu: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: look ... i don't want guaranties ... you know what i mean ... want a place where it says testing HAS security support, we focus on having it stable. I don't want written

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 12:39 +0200, Gabor Gombas escreveu: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:28:52AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: kernel upgrades from 2.6.50 to 2.6.51 ... nvidia packages don't build in time (they are not free, right?) ... kernel passes to testing ... automatically, the

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but why should I??? this goes against the testing is always *WORKING* phrase. TESTING IS NOT ALWAYS WORKING. Having to use module-assistant != not working. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/ -- To

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 14:16 -0700, Russ Allbery escreveu: Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but why should I??? this goes against the testing is always *WORKING* phrase. TESTING IS NOT ALWAYS WORKING. Having to use module-assistant != not working. having a working system *with* only

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: having a working system *with* only debian *oficial* packages and then after an upgrade that system stops working properly, i call it a regression ... If you're using non-free drivers, the first part of your sentence above doesn't apply. Usually, however,

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:00:15PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Many non-free drivers (and some free drivers, for that matter) are never automatically built at the moment, although with the new mechanism for building modules in main, hopefully that number will drop over time for the free ones.

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Felipe Sateler
Luis Matos wrote: Qua, 2007-06-13 às 14:16 -0700, Russ Allbery escreveu: Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but why should I??? this goes against the testing is always *WORKING* phrase. TESTING IS NOT ALWAYS WORKING. Having to use module-assistant != not working. having a working

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Steinar H Gunderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:00:15PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Many non-free drivers (and some free drivers, for that matter) are never automatically built at the moment, although with the new mechanism for building modules in main, hopefully that

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steinar H Gunderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 03:00:15PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Many non-free drivers (and some free drivers, for that matter) are never automatically built at the moment, although with the new mechanism for

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 15:00 -0700, Russ Allbery escreveu: Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: having a working system *with* only debian *oficial* packages and then after an upgrade that system stops working properly, i call it a regression ... If you're using non-free drivers, the first

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Emanuele Rocca
* Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED], [2007-06-11 19:56 -0400]: Testing also needs periodic snapshots and guaranteed upgradability to be useable by more users, amoung other points I discuss at http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/debian/cut/ Snapshots should be made available regularly, so that users who

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 18:09 -0400, Felipe Sateler escreveu: Luis Matos wrote: Qua, 2007-06-13 às 14:16 -0700, Russ Allbery escreveu: Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but why should I??? this goes against the testing is always *WORKING* phrase. TESTING IS NOT ALWAYS WORKING.

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qui, 2007-06-14 às 01:04 +0200, Emanuele Rocca escreveu: * Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED], [2007-06-11 19:56 -0400]: Testing also needs periodic snapshots and guaranteed upgradability to be useable by more users, amoung other points I discuss at http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/debian/cut/

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Luis Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Qua, 2007-06-13 às 15:00 -0700, Russ Allbery escreveu: My recommendation is to always use module-assistant for all non-free drivers that you want to use. That way, if there is a build in non-free, you can be pleasantly surprised, but your normal method

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread David Nusinow
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:53:24AM +0200, Gabor Gombas wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:42:34AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: - Smooth passages are not always smooth (who had a working xorg after the upgrade for 7, please raise their hands) AFAIR apart from having to edit a few config files

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Russ Allbery
David Nusinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: By the time it hit testing it worked pretty well for most people. We broke a few things, but it was nice for just about everyone. Everyone except those people using proprietary drivers, but they know they've already dug their own grave there. If Luis

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 16:18 -0700, Russ Allbery escreveu: For non-free, this is inevitable without significant changes to the way that Debian works that I don't believe will happen. Debian has provided a different solution in the form of module-assistant that in my experience works great. I

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Luis Matos
Qua, 2007-06-13 às 19:20 -0400, David Nusinow escreveu: By the time it hit testing it worked pretty well for most people. We broke a few things, but it was nice for just about everyone. Everyone except those people using proprietary drivers, but they know they've already dug their own grave

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 05:32:01PM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: Um, no. That does not happen automatically. In rare cases it happens because the release team has overridden the installability check for a package, because maintainers have not coordinated their transitions in unstable

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:20:17 -0300, Gustavo Franco [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 1) The 'remove experimental' proposal * Warn developers and contributors[0] * Remove experimental * Switch unstable (release) for not automatic updates This is one of the worst proposals I have seen.

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 07:56:13PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: This assumes that experimental is used by a lot of people, which I doubt, especially given the default apt pins and the numbers above. There's also the fact that if you remove experimental it's easy enough for people to set up their

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Rafael Laboissiere
* Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-06-11 19:56]: Gustavo Franco wrote: * developers and most active contributors are pretty much using only stable or unstable and not testing. What's your data? It is well known that 87.9% of the assertions made by Debian developers in the mailing

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: Sorry, i forgot CUT it looks like a 0 proposal since it came first. How and when do you plan to start a team for that and have you considered who from other teams will need to join/agree on the idea? I don't necessarily start a team for every proposal I make. :-) I'm

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Luk Claes
Gustavo Franco wrote: Let me outline the 'testing' pros and cons from my point of view: cons - * testing metric is too simple, packages are allowed to enter testing only after a certain period of time has passed no matter if much people tested it before that and just when they don't

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: Sorry, i forgot CUT it looks like a 0 proposal since it came first. How and when do you plan to start a team for that and have you considered who from other teams will need to join/agree on the idea? I don't necessarily

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
Hi Luk, On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: (...) * Switch unstable (release) for not automatic updates They are only automatic as far as the Release Team wants them to be as explained earlier... I'm not writing about automatic transition from unstable to

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:29:59AM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: Considering that we know that experimental is not a full branch and there's no migration from experimental to unstable, do you agree then we could remove experimental and switch unstable automatic nature to not automatic (release)

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: Do you think that the numbers are positive in terms of testing usage, really? I see the numbers even if not that reliable as proof of my argument that just a few (almost half if compared with unstable) bug reporters are actually using testing. Not better numbers, but

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:29:59AM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: Considering that we know that experimental is not a full branch and there's no migration from experimental to unstable, do you agree then we could remove experimental and

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: Do you think that the numbers are positive in terms of testing usage, really? I see the numbers even if not that reliable as proof of my argument that just a few (almost half if compared with unstable) bug reporters are

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 21:40, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What effect do you think removing experimental will have on unstable? * How do you think it will have that effect? I think it will have a positive effect if we add 'NotAutomatic: yes' into unstable release file. Are you also willing

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 21:51, Gustavo Franco wrote: I don't get it, as you also realized: unstable _is_ experimental. No, it most certainly is *not*, and any developers who treat it as such should be drawn and quartered. pgpvlthFzQSRb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:40:54PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:29:59AM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: Considering that we know that experimental is not a full branch and there's no migration from experimental to

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Luk Claes
Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: Do you think that the numbers are positive in terms of testing usage, really? I see the numbers even if not that reliable as proof of my argument that just a few (almost half if compared with unstable)

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: Do you think that the numbers are positive in terms of testing usage, really? I see the numbers even if not that reliable as proof of my argument that

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Luk Claes
Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: I don't get it at all why removing experimental would bring us anything but a more experimental unstable... Sure, a more

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: Hi Luk, On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: (...) * Switch unstable (release) for not automatic updates They are only automatic as far as the Release Team wants them to be as

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Luk Claes
Gustavo Franco wrote: Hi Luk, On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gustavo Franco wrote: (...) * Switch unstable (release) for not automatic updates They are only automatic as far as the Release Team wants them to be as explained earlier... I'm not writing about automatic

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/12/07, Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 12 June 2007 21:40, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What effect do you think removing experimental will have on unstable? * How do you think it will have that effect? I think it will have a positive effect if we add 'NotAutomatic: yes'

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 05:32:21PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: On 6/12/07, Luk Claes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NO! unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are in the maintainer's opinion ready to migrate to testing should be

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 05:25:59PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: Promote 'quite probably broken in some ways' stuff isn't the motto. Upload everything that we've in experimental actually seems to be more appropriate. Eh, you lost, now. Please go read what experimental is for. I don't think I

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 12/06/07 at 22:23 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: NO! unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are in the maintainer's opinion ready to migrate to testing should be uploaded to unstable. Then shouldn't we have a more aggressive policy

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Vince HK
Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 12/06/07 at 22:23 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: NO! unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are in the maintainer's opinion ready to migrate to testing should be uploaded to unstable. Then shouldn't we have

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007, Luk Claes wrote: Making unstable not automatic would mean less testing of individual versions in unstable AFAICS which is a bad thing IMHO. I wonder whether it would make sense to suggest default pinning levels in Release files to

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Bruce Sass
On Tue June 12 2007 02:25:59 pm Gustavo Franco wrote: That's the point, you would be using testing for development and cherry picking changes from unstable manually. Remember that in this scenario we still have unstable to testing transition so if you don't push stuff manually it will get

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Luis Matos
Ter, 2007-06-12 às 22:05 +0200, Frans Pop escreveu: Personally I think the current system is fine. just a note, as user: The current system is fine but: - priority from unstable should less than testing or stable ( as i think - not for sure - happens nowadays). On experimental has less

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Luis Matos
Ter, 2007-06-12 às 23:32 +0200, Vince HK escreveu: Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 12/06/07 at 22:23 +0200, Luk Claes wrote: NO! unstable is meant for packages that should be in the next stable release, as such only packages that are in the maintainer's opinion ready to migrate to

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:40:54PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What do you mean by switch unstable automatic nature to not automatic In a few words, move the 'NotAutomatic: yes' from experimental to unstable and burn experimental. So in your opinion, the glibc maintainers should upload

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:42:34AM +0100, Luis Matos wrote: Ter, 2007-06-12 às 22:05 +0200, Frans Pop escreveu: Personally I think the current system is fine. just a note, as user: The current system is fine but: - priority from unstable should less than testing or stable ( as i think -

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-12 Thread Daniel Leidert
Am Dienstag, den 12.06.2007, 17:25 -0300 schrieb Gustavo Franco: On 6/12/07, Frans Pop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 12 June 2007 21:40, Gustavo Franco wrote: * What effect do you think removing experimental will have on unstable? * How do you think it will have that effect?

Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-11 Thread Gustavo Franco
I would like to ask you interested in our next release to stop and look at 'testing' for a while. I believe that now, during the start of a development cycle and during debcamp/debconf we've a interesting opportunity to review pros and cons of our current approach. We believe that 'testing'

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-11 Thread Joey Hess
Gustavo Franco wrote: * testing metric is too simple, packages are allowed to enter testing only after a certain period of time has passed no matter if much people tested it before that and just when they don't have release-critical bugs filed against them. Of course we have a team of RMs

Re: Two proposals for a better Lenny (testing related).

2007-06-11 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 06:20:17PM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: I would like to ask you interested in our next release to stop and look at 'testing' for a while. I believe that now, during the start of a development cycle and during debcamp/debconf we've a interesting opportunity to review