Dear developers, With the release of Ubuntu 9.10 just over two weeks away, it will shortly be time to freeze the archive to limit the number of last-minute changes entering the release. On Thursday, October 15, the archive will be frozen, after which uploads to main will require approval from the release team and should be done only for changes which are critical for the release.
The list of release-critical bugs is tracked here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+bugs?field.milestone=12698 Additional bugs that are considered "targets of opportunity" for the release are found at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+bugs If there are other bugs that you believe are important to fix before the release which are not yet listed on the above pages, please get in touch with me or another member of the release team. Although uploads to main must be approved by the release team before they are accepted, this does not mean that you need to get approval from the release team prior to upload. If you have a reasonable belief that the upload will be accepted (for example, because it includes minimal changes necessary to fix a release-targetted bug), you are encouraged to upload directly, so that the package can be reviewed in the "unapproved" queue itself. For uploads to universe and multiverse, the guidelines published a few releases ago should still be a good starting point: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2008-April/025259.html If you have any questions about this process, please follow up to the ubuntu-devel mailing list. One area that still needs attention between now and the release are package build failures. You can find a combined list of FTBFS packages in main and universe at: http://people.ubuntuwire.org/~wgrant/rebuild-ftbfs-test/test-rebuild-20090909-karmic.html In total, there are 836 packages which fail to build. And with a total of 143 Ubuntu Developers, you should fix 5.85 build failures to meet your quota. Of course, fixing more build failures is also highly appreciated. For main, there was a newer automated run, for which bugs have been filed. You can find the list with: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=karmic-autotest The number of build failures in main definitely needs to be brought *way* down from its current level before we release at the end of the month. Please always check the sponsor queues before you start, there may already be a patch. For main: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-main-sponsors/+subscribedbugs And for universe: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-universe-sponsors/+subscribedbugs And please always forward changes to Debian/upstream. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek On behalf of the Ubuntu release team -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list ubuntu-devel-announce@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce
