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Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye!

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On Sun, 2019-07-21 at 10:55 -0300, Ivo De Decker wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Sorry for not getting back to you about this earlier.
> 
> On 7/7/19 3:43 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Sun, 2019-07-07 at 02:47 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
> > [...]
> > > No binary maintainer uploads for bullseye
> > > =========================================
> > > 
> > > The release of buster also means the bullseye release cycle is about to begin.
> > >  From now on, we will no longer allow binaries uploaded by maintainers to
> > > migrate to testing. This means that you will need to do source-only uploads if
> > > you want them to reach bullseye.
> > 
> > I support this move in principle, but:
> > 
> > >    Q: I already did a binary upload, do I need to do a new (source-only) upload?
> > >    A: Yes (preferably with other changes, not just a version bump).
> > > 
> > >    Q: I needed to do a binary upload because my upload went to the NEW queue,
> > >       do I need to do a new (source-only) upload for it to reach bullseye?
> > >    A: Yes. We also suggest going through NEW in experimental instead of unstable
> > >       where possible, to avoid disruption in unstable.
> > [...]
> > 
> > This is not going to fly for src:linux.  We can't stage ABI bumps in
> > experimental as we typically have a different upstream versions in
> > unstable and experimental.  We even need to do ABI bumps in stable from
> > time to time.
> 
> We are aware that src:linux is a special case here. I added an exception 
> for the arch:all binaries from src:linux. When the next ABI bump in 
> unstable happens, feel free to let me know, so that I can check if it 
> works as expected.

linux version 5.2.17-1 was the first version that included an ABI bump
and did not have any regressions that blocked it from testing.  It has
transitioned to testing including the developer-built arch:all
packages, so I believe that this exception works.  Thank you!

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Unix is many things to many people,
but it's never been everything to anybody.

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Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye! Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-07-07 15:50 +0200
  Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye! Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2019-07-07 16:20 +0200
  Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye! Ivo De Decker <ivodd@debian.org> - 2019-07-21 16:20 +0200
    Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye! Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-08-05 18:50 +0200
      process-upload issue (was: Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride  like the wind, Bullseye!) "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> - 2019-08-05 20:30 +0200
        Re: process-upload issue (was: Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride  like the wind, Bullseye!) Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-08-12 02:40 +0200
    Re: Bits from the Release Team: ride like the wind, Bullseye! Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-10-03 21:40 +0200

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