On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 15:22:04 -0500, Jacob Kuntz wrote: > the main idea here is that the release cycle would be automated, and > packages would be gradutated from one tree to the next. perhaps an > intermediate tree needs to be included. i believe this idea has promise,
I believe it has some promise, but such automation would only ease the handling of release cycles. Integration testing cannot be automated away. > how would you suggest we improve our release practice? Your proposal reminds me a lot of the "package pools" proposed a while ago. Unfortunately, I didn't follow the thread about it closely. I believe someone is workingon implementing package pools; that's probably the area where you can contribute most directly (especially since the package pool idea can be tested out (say with gnome or KDE) without directly having to replace the current release process. Ray -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan