On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 11:02:31AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > ??? - packages auto moved to here after basic criteria met (e.g. > in unstable for 2 weeks with no bug reports). can't remember > what this stage was to be called.
i feel a need to write some more about this stage. this is the workhorse of the package pools/rolling release idea, this is where there will be the most work to be done, fine-tuning the criteria (and probably the source of the loudest and longest debates). there have already been several discussions on appropriate criteria...some as simple as the "automatic after two weeks" example above. others as complex as "manual, requiring endorsement by X number of people". by trying different criteria here, we'll eventually come to the ideal compromise between stability and speed of release. we probably wont get it right the first time around. the tests here will mostly be regarding usability/stability of the package, and how it integrates into the system - i.e. it will be driven by user bug reports as most packaging bugs will have already been caught by the dinstall process which moves packages from incoming to unstable (which would check for dependancies and run a lintian test, holding or rejecting packages which have errors) craig -- craig sanders