On 11/01/2012 07:08 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 09:56 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 09:24:52AM +0200, Panu Matilainen wrote:
There are features and features... some of them are new versions of
leafnode packages or a just bunch of new packages which nothing else
depends on, and some of them affect *everything* in the distro.
Perhaps the invasive changes should have a considerably earlier
deadline, and if the deadline is not met then the feature would be
"automatically" postponed to next release.
Right now, the Feature template has this sections:
== Scope ==
<!-- What work do the developers have to accomplish to complete the feature
in time for release? Is it a large change affecting many parts of the
distribution or is it a very isolated change? What are those changes?-->
Maybe the explanation could be strengthened, and some "checkbox" options
added:
Choose one of:
☐ "This is a "leaf" feature adding new, stand-alone functionality.
☐ This feature brings new functionality which changes the default user
experience for many users.
☐ This feature introduces changes which affect the user experience only in
its own area.
To make things clearer I think you could drop 'brings new functionality
which' from the second checkbox. The key thing we're trying to isolate
is whether the feature has implications for 'normal' usage; it doesn't
matter whether it's introducing new functionality.
I was rather thinking we can simply take advantage of the critical path
definition here. After all, when we came up with the critpath, the idea
was it was a general concept which could be useful beyond the idea of a
'critpath package'. So why don't we just introduce the concept of a
'critpath feature' - any feature with implications for the critical
path?
Nod. The critical path package set would serve at least as a point for
refining the feature process. What the actual implications of critpath
feature would be, Debian-style earlier freeze and/or something else, is
probably a whole another (no doubt lengthy) topic :)
- Panu -
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