1 Rough Guide to doing Stable Point Releases in Debian
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4 o use halle to get rid of obsolete .changes
5 o [also check for obsolete .changes caused by melanie-ing from p-u]
6 o Install, reject and remove packages as directed by the SRM using lauren
8 NB: removing packages are not logged to the stable ChangeLog; you
9 need to do that byhand.
11 o Do anything in proposed-updates/TODO
12 o Close any applicable woody bugs
13 (hint: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=ftp.debian.org&include=woody)
14 o Update version number in README and dists/README (ftp-master only)
15 o Update the 'Debian<n>.<n>r<n>' symlink in dists/
16 o Clean up dists/ChangeLog (add header, basically)
17 o Update version fields in katie.conf[-non-US]
18 o Update fields in suite table in postgresql (see below)
20 o Comment out "Untouchable" in katie.conf[-non-US]
21 o Run apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf.stable[-non-US]
22 o Copy tree/directory for stable to apt.conf[-non-US]
24 o Run 'jenna -s stable'
27 o Remove tree/directory for stable from apt.conf[-non-US]
28 o Uncomment "Untouchable" in katie.conf[-non-US]
30 Yes, this sucks and more of it should be automated.
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34 update suite set version = '3.0r2' where suite_name = 'stable';
35 update suite set description = 'Debian 3.0r2 Released 20th November 2003' where suite_name = 'stable';