On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:15 +0100, Iain Lane wrote: > Hi there, > > On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 09:47:27AM -0500, Kate Stewart wrote: > > […] > > Process pages [2] are calling for a focal point to be established for > > the FFEs reviews for universe > > > > If this is the last beta before ReleaseCandidateProcess, > > * Work with universe/multiverse community to identify delegates to > > approve Feature Freeze Exceptions, in addition to ubuntu-release > > until the date of Final Freeze for universe. > > I don't think it's "in addition to ubuntu-release", rather that some > members of the release team will watch out for queries in the MOTU IRC > channel. > > > * Set the Final Freeze date (typically at release minus 5 days) > > for universe/multiverse for the packages that are NOT found on > > any installation media. > > Last time we had UnseededUniverseFinalFreeze at release minus 1.5 days. > I think it worked fine. This is also what the release schedule says, and > what you (Kate) said earlier in the thread, so I'm a bit confused on > this point.
Yes, what's on the WIKI right now is stale. I made the comment in the original thread that "( yes, This needs updating to reflect from 5 -> 2 days... :/ )" > > That said, I wouldn't mind tightening up our definition here a bit. > We're using UUFF to mean "no more uploads after this point", which is a > bit different to what Final Freeze means normally: "RC uploads only". It > might be valuable to establish a cutoff for Universe FFes at Final > Freeze time and a cutoff for non-world-ending bugfixes at UUFF time so > that we can all focus on bug fixing after final freeze, albeit with a > slightly lower standard for unseeded universe until UUFF. What would you recommend for cutoff for UUFFe's? > > * Broadcast universe/multiverse delegates and final freeze date to > > ubuntu-devel-discuss and ubuntu-devel-announce. > > As above, I don't think we need specific delegates. Just let people know > that release team members will be watching #ubuntu-motu on a best-effort > basis and that questions should be addressed there. Well then we need to be updating the processes to reflect this. However, diverting traffic from #ubuntu-release, and letting folks know that they should be approaching specific release team members on this topic still seems appropriate, even if its not a single point person. Kate -- Ubuntu-release mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-release
