Jesse Keating wrote:
On Friday 13 April 2007 16:15:34 Hans de Goede wrote:
Hmm, thats the same document as for the test3 freeze and doesn't talk about
any tagging. When I issue (bugfix) updates to any of my packages on or
after the 17th, do I then need todo anything special to get them into test4
and/or final?
It's not the same document, I made some changes. The test3 document was
FeatureFreeze, and tagging isn't mentioned there because the use of a freeze
tag isn't in place.
Until such time as Extras is built in Koji, or Core and Extras merge and are
built in Koji, as an Extras packager you don't have to worry about this. _I_
worry about it because I can't control what goes into Extras or what doesn't
go into Extras during the freeze. But that's a price I'm willing to pay to
let Extras be extras until we merge, or get a new buildsystem in place that
makes this easy.
When I issue non-bugfix updates can I still build them or must I wait till
Fedora 7 final and an F7 branch is created before building (in the new
devel then) non bugfix updates?
This is made a bit difficult by how our package SCM works. Ideally you'd be
able to start doing non-bugfix updates somewhere and perhaps even build them,
but they wouldn't necessarily go into rawhide. It would also not get in the
way of doing any bugfixes that are needed for the release we're trying to get
out. Alas we don't necessarily have that right now, without using real cvs
branching, although you could do that. Ideally you'd keep devel/ HEAD free
of any non-bugfix updates until it's branched off to F-7/ and then you'd be
free to do whatever you want with devel/. Since we can't create F-7/
directories from the tag that was used to produce the package that went out
in F-7, we have to make it from whatever is in devel/ HEAD at the time of the
branch, and you could wind up with content in F-7/ that didn't actually go
out in F7.
Thanks for the long answer, but you didn't make things much clearer for me.
Let me try to rephrase the questions, and also although the why is of course
very interesting could you please only answer with the how to make things
clearer (and hopefully get something we can stick in the wiki for now).
Question 1:
If I issue a bugfix only release to an extras package do I need todo anything
special for it to make the Fedora 7 final spin (still assuming a merged Fedora
7 here)
Question 2:
If I want to make some new / exciting changes which might very well break
things, can I put those in CVS somewhere now, or should I wait till a F7 cvs
branch is created and only then commit these changes to the devel branch. IOW,
should I do this as it has been done with extras the last few releases: hold
back any risky packages updates until after the branch?
Thanks & Regards,
Hans
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