[csw-maintainers] Submitting a package to the release manager

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Maciej,

Am 08.10.2009 um 16:16 schrieb Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski:
> When a maintainer decides to release a package, they need to remove
> the package from testing/ and copy it to newpkgs/ on bender. However,
> the maintainer needs to retain a copy of the package for future
> reference. I have a directory ~/to-release, in which I keep the
> packages I intend to send to the release maintainer. I also have
> ~/to-release/released where I keep copies of the packages that have
> been released. Do other people do it similarly? Where do you store the
> copies of packages being currently in the release process?

I leave them in testing/. An automated tool could fingerprint the pkgs
and remove it automatically from testing if there has been a package  
with
the same fingerprint released.


Best regards

   -- Dago