[ANN] What with all these releases ?

[Martin Pool]

On 20 September 2010 17:35, Max Bowsher <maxb at f2s.com> wrote:
>> Three technical board members replied and they seem quite positive
>> (indeed quite flattering).
>> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2010-September/000506.html>
>>  They have one specific request which is that as part of the process
>> we should run 'selftest' on the packaged form, which makes sense.
>> (It's probably often done now, but perhaps it should be written down).
>
> We could, if we chose, run it on the buildds as part of the package
> build, too.

I added <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzr/+bug/644015>
for that; if you'd like to make a branch that does it, that would be
great - we could even just try it in the 2.3b ppa builds at first.

>
>> I expect at the next TB meeting it will be formally approved and then
>> added to the micro release approval list.
>>
>> I think we still need a figurehead bug to kick off an update?
>
> Hmm. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/MicroReleaseExceptions
> does not explicitly say so, but looking at several example recent
> uploads of packages already on the SRU/MRE list, they don't seem to
> bother with figurehead bugs. (Though of course we should still ensure
> all relevant LP bug numbers appear in the debian/changelogs).

Perhaps if an SRU team member decides to upload, they don't have to
have a bug, but for us it is a useful way to ask them to do it?

I think the processes are not quite as sharp-edged as they may seem.
Which is fine.  Getting into MRE and having a figurehead bug may in a
sense be overkill, but they're not too hard to do and they may get
things flowing more smoothly.  I would rather not have to convince
each individual SRU team member that our release qualifies.

-- 
Martin