FinalFreeze - implications on Universe?
Stefano Rivera
stefanor at ubuntu.com
Mon Aug 15 17:43:41 UTC 2011
Hi Robbie (2011.08.15_19:20:26_+0200)
> Speaking for myself, the problem is that without the date, an upstream
> can't communicate to their users what to expect to see in a given
> Ubuntu release versus what they'll need to use a daily-build/upstream
> snapshot for...because they don't know when the freeze occurs relative
> to their own development timeline.
I don't see anything wrong with advertising the main final freeze date
to upstreams. All bug fixes done in universe after that are
best-effort, and most would be suitable for SRU if this window wasn't
available.
For most upstreams, the practical freeze date is probably somewhere
in-between DIF and FF. Someone working on Ubuntu needs to care about
their code for it to receive any updates after FF.
SR
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