Hi all, One of the points of discussion that came out of the release team session at vUDS was whether the current freeze length for alpha milestones is still appropriate. I believe that it is not; with the use of -proposed protecting the release pocket from both archive inconsistency and a large class of regressions (via DEP8), I think the main reasons for wanting a long freeze for milestone image mastering no longer apply.
I would like to suggest that we put into effect (immediately, starting with Alpha 1) a shorter freeze window of either 1 or 2 days. Since the freeze is now only needed to guard against unexpected regressions caused by uncoordinated uploads, and the risk of such regressions is really quite small, I think 1 day is more than sufficient. If people are uncomfortable with 1 day being too short, then I think 2 days is fine too. This means, to be clear, that the freeze in proposed-migration would only take place on Tuesday or Wednesday of the alpha milestone week. What do others think of this idea? Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
-- Ubuntu-release mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-release
