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