Main frozen for Alpha 5

[Steve Langasek]

Hi everyone,

The Hardy Alpha 5 release is due this week, so it's time for another
milestone "freeze".  Please take care that any packages that you upload to
main between now and the Alpha 5 release will help us in the goal of a high
quality and timely alpha, and hold any disruptive or unnecessary uploads
until after the alpha is out.  Again, this means the primary focus should be
on resolving these bugs:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+milestone/hardy-alpha-5

Remember that this is a "soft" freeze, so you are each responsible for
making sure your uploads fit this description - Launchpad will not be your
safety net.

Packages that are not seeded on the CDs (i.e., most packages in universe,
with the exception of UbuntuStudio[1] and xubuntu[2] packages) may be
uploaded as usual - bearing in mind that the Feature Freeze is also now in
effect[3].

Between the lateness of this announcement and some Launchpad maintenance
that has been scheduled for this Thursday
(http://news.launchpad.net/notifications/offline-21-feb-0000-0300-utc), we
anticipate that the Alpha 5 release will be delayed until Friday, February
22 to allow time for the ISO images to be tested appropriately.

Cheers,
--
Steve Langasek
On behalf of the Ubuntu release team

[1] https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntustudio.hardy
[2] https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/xubuntu.hardy
[3] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-February/000378.html