[opensuse-factory] Unconference session report: 11.2 and Maintenance
Unconference Session: openSUSE 11.2 and Maintenance Introduction: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2009-08/msg00372.html and following messages in this thread Discussion - NEED: - Be able to submit updates with only osc (or an additional osc plugin) - Externally visible status page of pending and released updates - Community group which handle updates for openSUSE - Security Updates must be ensured - Technical discussion: * patchinfo handling: updates currently need - summary, swampid, description, bugzilla list, package list, distribution - submitrequest extension: * open fate request which has currently no ressources for implementation vote here: https://features.opensuse.org/307621 - alternative: submit patchinfo by adding it to a pseudo package that is part of the distribution, and that can be submitrequested against 11.2 update AI rudi: develop meta package AI: Magnus Boman: test + help * handling of CRD'ed updates - lots of discussion about internal instances, or manual osc diffs - Marcus says that handling of CRD'ed updates is not important, we can wait until CRD is expired for opensuse. -> simplifies things. AI: Move Update:Test to the external buildservice * devel projects for openSUSE:11.2: * not needed for maintained products * but we need bugowner / maintainer list -> we use maintainer list from the package in Factory -> in case package is dropped, we copy the bugowner to 11.2 -> if the bugowner is unreachable, coolo is the owner * fallback bugowner is initialized in openSUSE:11.2 - Non-technical discussion: * Workflow for Updates: - Requesting an update: NEEDINFO opensuse-maint@opensuse.org in bugzilla - Handled by team of 3 community members and 2 Novell employees - Novell employees will hand out SWAMPIDs upon internal consultation with the team - the team has to come up with a maintenance policy AI: henne: create opensuse-maint team alias, subscribe volunteers Greetings, Dirk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 20 September 2009 11:39:55 Dirk Müller wrote:
- Requesting an update: NEEDINFO opensuse-maint@opensuse.org in bugzilla - Handled by team of 3 community members and 2 Novell employees - Novell employees will hand out SWAMPIDs upon internal consultation with the team
This use of "internal" may confuse some, because very often "internal" refers to Novell only processes. This is not meant here, but team == opensuse-maint Just in case someone fell over this. The goal is clear: Minimize Novell's control over maintenance updates to those where it's just so much easier to leave it to Novell: the so called CRD updates - mainly highly critical security updates that have a coordinated release date (CRD). Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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Dirk Müller
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Stephan Kulow