[csw-maintainers] moving forward

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Maciej,

Am 14.07.2011 um 09:53 schrieb Maciej Bliziński:
> 2011/7/14 Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org>:
>> This works for me.  There is still some work to do to automate the
>> flow and we can't sit on packages until everything is ready.  Would
>> anyone like the job of moving packages from unstable to current for
>> the time being?
> 
> Moving packages from unstable to current in the database can be
> automatic.  How about the following idea:
> 
> - maintainers push packages to unstable
> - at time t, a script looks at the diff between unstable and current;
> it prepares a change set to be applied to current; it sends the change
> set to a mailing list with information: "At time t + 12h the following
> changes will be applied: ..."
> - people in the project have 12h to react if the change set reads
> "destroy the world"
> - if no action is taken until t + 12h, the change set is applied and
> new current is pushed

Ok. And later on packages with open bugs will be blocked from propagation, right?


Best regards

  -- Dago

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