Tasks that were identified in the offlist discussion. ----- Forwarded message from Rick Spencer <[email protected]> -----
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:41:30 -0700 From: Rick Spencer <[email protected]> To: Martin Pitt <[email protected]> Cc: Alexander Sack <[email protected]>, Alberto Milone <[email protected]>, Bryce Harrington <[email protected]>, Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]>, [email protected], Araceli Pulido <[email protected]>, Marjo Mercado <[email protected]> Subject: Releasing Mesa 7.6 final for Karmic (was Re: Last changes to X in Karmic) So we need to flip into action mode now. Please: 1. bryce: get this ready to roll out 2. bryce: define the rollback process, along with a time estimate 3. rickspencer3: layout key dates for checkpoints and go/no go decision 4. ara: find internal folks with a variety of hardware, and track their experience 5. ara: monitor bug reports closely after roll out 6. rickspencer3 and all: define measure for triggering roll back 7. marjo, make final go/no decision by specified time, or before Please join #ubuntu-x for coordination. Thanks. Cheers, Rick On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 17:00 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hello all, > > Alexander Sack [2009-10-07 16:34 +0200]: > > 1. get all the bits in the archive _today_ > > 2. get QA testing on it right away - as suggested by pitti > > 3. first review on friday for regression bugs filed after this upgrade; > > eventually > > fix things over weekend > > 4. review not fixed regression bugs a second time on late Tue/early Wed > > and decide > > if we want to go for RC freeze with this. > > 5. final decision on Friday after RC freeze - after this its point of no > > return > > I discussed that with Rick an hour ago, and we came up at a similar > compromise. > > My biggest concern, like Alex has as well, is the psychological > barrier of not wanting to rollback on regressions, and instead > investing a lot of time and energy of trying to fix the problem > instead. If we commit to rolling back at the first non-trivial > regression, then let's go ahead. > > My other concern is that there doesn't seem to be a final 2.6.0 > package, just a 2.6.1+gitsomething. If we upgrade to that, then we > have the very same problem again: a git snapshot instead of a stable > release. But if there's a tested 2.6.0 somewhere, let's get that > uploaded (it was pre-approved in LP #420803 anyway). > > Martin > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
