On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 03:59:06PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote: > The release team was recently discussing the possibility of point > release media containing updates which are not fully phased and how this > creates a difference between upgraded systems and freshly installed > ones[1]. Looking at the packages which are not currently phasing[2] I've > discovered that the 16.04.7 installation iso contains > unity-control-center 15.04.0+16.04.20171130-0ubuntu1 and the 18.04.5 iso > contains nautilus 1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.5. To ensure that both types of > systems are the same I think we should fully phase these two packages.
> Additionally, a step should be added to the point release process to nag > the uploader of a package which has stopped phasing to investigate the > reasons for the stoppage well before (2 weeks?) the point release. If > the package is still not fully phased in time for the point release then > the release team should make a decision about fully phasing it or > reverting to the previous version of the package. > Provided there are not any objections I'll update the point release > process and ask some AA to fully phase those two packages. > [1] Something I've heard Steve say should not happen. > [2] https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/phased-updates.html Given that these packages have been included in the point release media and all users have been getting them installed for months on new installs regardless of the phasing, I am a strong +1 for fully phasing them in the archive to get the behavior in sync. -- 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 https://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected]
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