For some time[1] we've wanted to phase, gradually roll out, updates to expanding subsets of Ubuntu users so that we may monitor for regressions and stop the update process if there are any. The support for phased updates has existed in update-manager for a while, but we did not have the server side part implemented. Thanks to the work of Colin Watson, Evan Dandrea, and myself this is now done.
This is initially enabled for Ubuntu 13.04 and going forward will apply to any packages being released to -updates. Uploaders of SRUs to 13.04 may receive an e-mail from me regarding regressions found in their uploads. The e-mail will contain details about the issue and whom to contact about the issue, although I'm probably the best point of contact right now. Further details regarding the process can be found in my blog post: http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=127 [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PhasedUpdates Thanks! -- Brian Murray -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
