Hi folks, Please don't upload packages from Debian NEW unmodified directly to Ubuntu. When you upload these directly, they tend to clash with my new-source runs, producing error messages which I then need to spend time cleaning up.
Normally speaking - that is, once we get over the initial work of opening a new release, up to Debian import freeze - we import new source packages from Debian regularly. I've got to the point now where I'm doing this every working day. Unless you're in a hurry (in which case you might use a PPA) or there seems to be a problem, there's no need to explicitly ask for these. The exceptions when you do need to ask for new source packages to be imported from Debian are: * after Debian import freeze * if they're not in unstable, but in e.g. experimental instead * if they've previously been published in Ubuntu (check https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/SOURCEPACKAGE/+publishinghistory), or are on the sync blacklist (http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/sync-blacklist.txt), in which case we'll only import them after manual review which isn't scheduled for any particular time * if they build binary packages which are already built by some other package in the current development series, in which case we may process them by hand without prompting but there are no guarantees * if there seems to be some unreasonable delay (more than three working days) In those cases, feel free to use requestsync to poke us into doing this; sync requests made this way will generally be processed within a working day. Otherwise, you should just be able to wait for this to happen in bulk, which is less work for everyone. Thanks, -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
