Freeze length for alpha milestones

[Scott Kitterman]

Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>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?

For the Alphas, I think Tuesday is fine.

Scott K