[Aptitude-devel] Suggestion: Getting 0.6.8.4 out soon, but without the Russian docs being built in the first run

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

2014-01-26 17:27 Axel Beckert:
>> I am not sure when should we upload -2 with the russian doc enabled:
>>
>> - immediately?  This could be a problem if there are serious bugs with
>>   the .4-1 release (be it due to internal or external changes) and the
>>   release with new binary package doesn't allow later versions to
>>   bypass the queue for emergency fixes (I'm not 100% sure about what
>>   would happen in this case).
>>
>>   Can we disable russian doc if there's some "emergency" and bypass
>>   the queue for a new version?  Does anybody know for sure how to
>>   achieve that?
>
>While the potential 0.6.8.4-2 with aptitude-doc-ru enabled waits in
>NEW, we can always upload a (different) 0.6.8.4-2 or 0.6.8.5-1 with
>urgent fixes but without aptitude-doc-ru.
>
>Only drawback is that the original 0.6.8.4-2 with aptitude-doc-ru
>would be discarded when having passed the NEW queue as that or a newer
>version would be already present in the archive. I suspect that
>introducing aptitude-doc-ru a second time in that case would mean to
>go through NEW a second time, too.

Yes, I am not sure of what will happen, but we will probably have a
few options.

BTW, it already built fine in most architectures so it's looking good,
and there were few changes in code.  If you can test this again in the
boxes with less mainstream architectures in the next few days we can
be pretty sure that it's a solid release.


>> - wait for a few days too have more confidence that everything is
>>   fine, until the .4-1 gets again to testing for example?
>
>Fine for me, too.
>
>Advantage: No bad surprises.
>
>Disadvantage: It will take longer until we have a chance to upload a
>future 0.6.8.5-1 if we want to wait for 0.6.8.4-2 with aptitude-doc-ru
>passing NEW.

Yes, that's the other bit that I was a bit worried about, if it takes
1 or 2 weeks is fine, but it it takes more than a month can be
problematic.

But then again, we have to go through this sooner of later if we want
the russian doc available; and better if this happens well before the
freeze.

So if there are no RC bugs reported, I will upload -2 with the new
package for russian doc in a few days, just after it migrates to
testing or so.


Cheers.
--
Manuel