Dear developers, With the release of Ubuntu 8.10 less than 2 1/2 weeks away, it will shortly be time to freeze the archive to limit the number of last-minute changes entering the release. On Thursday, October 16, the archive will be frozen, after which uploads to main will require approval from the release team and should be done only for changes which are critical for the release.
The list of release-critical bugs is tracked here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs?field.milestone=1326 Additional bugs that are considered "targets of opportunity" for the release are found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bugs If there are other bugs that you believe are important to fix before the release which are not yet listed on the above pages, please get in touch with me or another member of the release team. Although uploads to main must be approved by the release team before they are accepted, this does not mean that you need to get approval from the release team prior to upload. If you have a reasonable belief that the upload will be accepted (for example, because it includes minimal changes necessary to fix a release-targetted bug), you are encouraged to upload directly, so that the package can be reviewed in the "unapproved" queue itself. For uploads to universe and multiverse, the MOTU Release Team has published their guidelines for freeze exceptions here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-April/025259.html If you have any questions about this process, please follow up to the ubuntu-devel mailing list. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek On behalf of the Ubuntu release team -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce
