Universe Freeze Imminent

[Steve Langasek]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:36:16PM -0700, Scott Ritchie wrote:
> Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> > The universe archive for hardy will be frozen solid at 0800UTC
> > tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd).  Uploads which fix important bugs and are
> > approved by motu-release will be accepted before then.

> > Preparation of ISO images for 8.04 is in progress (join us for testing
> > in #ubuntu-testing), only fixes for showstopper bugs will be accepted
> > for packages included on the CDs and DVDs.

> Huh?  There aren't any universe packages on the CDs or DVDs...

This was meant to be understood as: "for the set of packages included on the
CDs and DVDs, only fixes for showstopper bugs will be accepted, whether in
main or universe." :)

Also, several of the released variants do use universe on their CDs -
kubuntu-kde4, xubuntu, ubuntustudio, and mythbuntu.

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