Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: >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?
For the Alphas, I think Tuesday is fine. Scott K -- Ubuntu-release mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-release
