* Adam D. Barratt (a...@adam-barratt.org.uk) [110430 23:49]: > On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 23:35 +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > * Steve Langasek (vor...@debian.org) [110430 23:24]: > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:28:43PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > > > > > > - be less strict and keep old binaries (and thus 2 versions of the > > > > > same > > > > > source package) in testing. This applies in particular for libraries > > > > > going through SONAME changes and which can happily coexist during a > > > > > transition. > > > > > > > That was already discussed and approved for testing I think in > > > > Helsinki. However, it needs someone implementing code, and isn't as > > > > easy as it looks like. Feel free to submit patches though. > > > > > > I guess that the continued need to run both britney1 and britney2 in > > > parallel is somewhat of a barrier for submitting patches. Any ETA for > > > switching to britney2? > > > > Last I remember was "after the large transitions are done", which > > would be ... now. And yes, that should happen. > > Yes, it should. I've been trying to make sure that the bugs we know > about in b2 are documented in the BTS and fix them; the first part > should at least be done now. I should also dig out my RFC mail on the > switch which I think is sitting in my drafts somewhere.
I really think we should do the switch soon, then let both run for a couple of months in parallel, and then start using the newer b2-features. We will see some breakages, but we will do that anyways, and at the current time in the release cycle seems it won't hurt us too bad. Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110501182708.gt2...@mails.so.argh.org
