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and subject line Re: Bug#860967: release.debian.org: discourage unblock
requests for targeted fixes for RC bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #860967,
regarding release.debian.org: discourage unblock requests for targeted fixes
for RC bugs
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Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Hello release team,
Niels told me on IRC that the release team would prefer not to receive
an unblock request for targeted fixes of RC bugs, because they check the
list of RC bugs in testing with fixes in unstable regularly, and so the
unblock request is merely communications overhead. The only exception
is for packages with udebs, as the unblock request is a place to request
an ACK from d-i.
It would be useful to have this info in the freeze policy, or somewhere
else in release.d.o.
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Sean Whitton:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello release team,
>
> Niels told me on IRC that the release team would prefer not to receive
> an unblock request for targeted fixes of RC bugs, because they check the
> list of RC bugs in testing with fixes in unstable regularly, and so the
> unblock request is merely communications overhead. The only exception
> is for packages with udebs, as the unblock request is a place to request
> an ACK from d-i.
>
> It would be useful to have this info in the freeze policy, or somewhere
> else in release.d.o.
>
> [...]
Hi,
I have thought some more about it. While it could be a minor
optimization of our workflow, it has some corner cases, where this
change would be actively harmful.
So I retract the idea and leave the workflow at the current "file an
unblock request if you want it to migrate".
Thanks,
~Niels
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