On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org> wrote: > On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:36:13 +0200 > Svante Signell <s...@kth.se> wrote: >> Doing that will make the >> release of wheezy much smoother than trying to fix things in the last >> minute (and risk that the packages gets excluded from wheezy??) > > Definitely. Whether the new version goes into experimental or into > unstable, the sooner the uploads are made the better - with the > requirement that if the changes involve a SONAME change or other > disruptions, talk to the release team (and wait for a response) before > uploading.
Well, since now we have a roughly "scheduled" freeze, I can see why a maintainer might want to postpone the packaging of a new upstream release (or even skip it) in order to avoid unnecessary work and/or multiple transitions. Although I agree that "package early" should be a strong recommendation, it's entirely up to the maintainers to decide what's best. I believe the release team can help a maintainer to decide it too, not entirely sure if that's a common procedure. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/canvyna8+qo6rteej4nyvudax9krz+-w7q6mnsxxaqvr_tho...@mail.gmail.com
