Freeze length for alpha milestones

[Steve Langasek]

Hi all,

One of the points of discussion that came out of the release team session at
vUDS was whether the current freeze length for alpha milestones is still
appropriate.  I believe that it is not; with the use of -proposed protecting
the release pocket from both archive inconsistency and a large class of
regressions (via DEP8), I think the main reasons for wanting a long freeze
for milestone image mastering no longer apply.

I would like to suggest that we put into effect (immediately, starting with
Alpha 1) a shorter freeze window of either 1 or 2 days.  Since the freeze is
now only needed to guard against unexpected regressions caused by
uncoordinated uploads, and the risk of such regressions is really quite
small, I think 1 day is more than sufficient.  If people are uncomfortable
with 1 day being too short, then I think 2 days is fine too.

This means, to be clear, that the freeze in proposed-migration would only
take place on Tuesday or Wednesday of the alpha milestone week.

What do others think of this idea?

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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