[php-maint] Bug #566650: Please unblock dtc 0.32.2-1

Adam D. Barratt adam at adam-barratt.org.uk
Sun Sep 12 18:44:51 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 23:17 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> - I have missed the deadline only for few days (12 days, right?). Before
> that, the RT had more relaxed rules since the debconf10 announcement,
> which was a surprise for some.

We apparently have different definitions of "few"; mailing 12 days after
the initial freeze announcement is quite different from mailing 12 days
after the announcement of the more restrictive approach.

> - PHP 5.3 has been sent to SID/Testing just few days before the freeze.

The upload history of the php5 package disagrees with you.  5.3.1 was
originally uploaded to unstable in early February, and 5.3.2 in March;
5.3.2-1 migrated to testing in April.

> We all have to make sure that
> our packages are in good shape for this new version of PHP.

Surely it would have been better if this had not been left so late in
the cycle?

> If the RT
> wasn't ready to accept the consequences of such a big move, then maybe
> it wasn't a good idea to upload PHP 5.3.2?

Please could you explain this comment?  As above, PHP 5.3.2 has been in
unstable since March, and testing since April; that was the maintainers'
decision and not something that required the Release Team to be "ready
to accept the consequences".

Regards,

Adam



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