Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 21:40:19 +0100 From: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl> To: debian-devel-announce@lists.debian.org Subject: Bugfix procedures for frozen This is an informational message for those who joined the project after the previous freeze, and for those who are so old they have forgotten :-) If you upload a package with "frozen unstable" (or just "frozen", see previous announcement) in the changelog, it will be held in Incoming and dinstall will tag it with "CONFIRM". Then the Release Manager (that's me) or his deputy (I'm looking for one) will look at it and install it by hand, or install it only in unstable, or reject it. The main criterion for installing packages in frozen will be whether they enhance stability and release-worthiness. New code, new features, and most particularly new library versions will be viewed with suspicion. Keep in mind that the changelog in the .changes file is your most direct line of communication to the release manager. If you upload to frozen, please explain why in the changelog. Also, please keep changes in frozen to a minimum. It's better to fix a bug with a small patch than to upgrade to a whole new upstream version. (On the other hand, it may be better to upgrade to a tested upstream "bugfix" version than to try to backport patches by hand. That's your call as package maintainer.) Remember that I will be _very_ busy during this time. I try to reply to all my mail, but I may be swamped in the near future. Richard Braakman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-announce-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org