The Debian CD images are subjected to a battery of tests before release, even more so when the release is a major new version. Debian has volunteers all over the world testing images as they come off the production line, but it can be a lonely task. Getting together in a group and having a bit…
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What to expect on buster release day
The ‘buster’ release day is today! This is mostly a re-hash of previous checklists, since we’ve done this a few times now and we have a pretty good rhythm. There have been some preparations going on in advance: Last week we imposed a “quiet period” on migrations. That’s about as frozen as we can get;…
RC candidate of the day (5)
Sometimes the list of release-critical bugs is overwhelming, and it’s hard to find something to tackle. In #929269 we find that coturn always overwrites its database with a blank file during upgrades. It should probably be created once and not shipped as part of the package.
RC candidate of the day (4)
Sometimes the list of release-critical bugs is overwhelming, and it’s hard to find something to tackle. #928282 is a security issue in Filezilla with a patch upstream, a clean path to testing via unstable and no maintainer response so far this month.
RC candidate of the day (3)
Sometimes the list of release-critical bugs is overwhelming, and it’s hard to find something to tackle. Bug #929017 includes a patch which needs reviewing and, if it’s appropriate, uploading.
RC candidate of the day (2)
Sometimes the list of release-critical bugs is overwhelming, and it’s hard to find something to tackle. Today’s invitation is to review and perhaps upload the patch included in bug #928883.
RC candidate of the day (1)
Sometimes the list of release-critical bugs is overwhelming, and it’s hard to find something to tackle. So I invite you to have a go at #928040, which may only be a case of reviewing and uploading the included patch.
Behind the scenes
“Paradoxically, government is more open when it is less open. Open Government is rather like the live theatre: the audience gets a performance. And it gives a response. But, like the theatre, in order to have something to show openly there must first be much hidden activity. And all sorts of things have to be…
DebCamp report 2018
Being only here for one full day of DebCamp this year, I had not planned to do very much anyway. But it’s still been of benefit: amongst other things, Enrico and I held the traditionally impromptu maybe-annual meeting of Debian Account Managers. We dealt with some outstanding business as well as sketching out a change…
What to expect on Debian release day
Nearly two years ago I wrote about what to expect on Jessie release day. Shockingly enough, the process for Stretch to be released should be almost identical.