On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 10:22 AM Heiko Becker <heiko.bec...@kde.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, 9 September 2021 10:10:29 CEST, Ben Cooksley wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 9:54 AM Adriaan de Groot <gr...@kde.org> wrote: > > - is there a polite tap-on-the-shoulder kind of message to send to > distro's > >> if > >> the answer is "no", to remind them not to push out packages before the > >> dust > >> settles? (e.g. for respins &c) > >> > > > > If memory serves, the agreement for pre-release tarballs is that > > distributions may package and test them internally, but they're not to > make > > them available to general users. > > I would assume they are available to general users, if they are visible to > repology. > > This also isn't limited to Frameworks, I ususally also see new KDE Gear > releases in repology before the actual release date (and I think a few > times even a <version>+a for respins). > I've checked with both distributions and in both cases they were unintentional due to accidental publishing, or to Repology finding a private repository. The distributions in question have now corrected both of those. > Regards, > Heiko > Cheers, Ben