Partially phased updates on release media

[Steve Langasek]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 03:59:06PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> The release team was recently discussing the possibility of point
> release media containing updates which are not fully phased and how this
> creates a difference between upgraded systems and freshly installed
> ones[1]. Looking at the packages which are not currently phasing[2] I've
> discovered that the 16.04.7 installation iso contains
> unity-control-center 15.04.0+16.04.20171130-0ubuntu1 and the 18.04.5 iso
> contains nautilus 1:3.26.4-0~ubuntu18.04.5. To ensure that both types of
> systems are the same I think we should fully phase these two packages.

> Additionally, a step should be added to the point release process to nag
> the uploader of a package which has stopped phasing to investigate the
> reasons for the stoppage well before (2 weeks?) the point release.  If
> the package is still not fully phased in time for the point release then
> the release team should make a decision about fully phasing it or
> reverting to the previous version of the package.

> Provided there are not any objections I'll update the point release
> process and ask some AA to fully phase those two packages.

> [1] Something I've heard Steve say should not happen.
> [2] https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/phased-updates.html

Given that these packages have been included in the point release media and
all users have been getting them installed for months on new installs
regardless of the phasing, I am a strong +1 for fully phasing them in the
archive to get the behavior in sync.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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