Rough Guide to doing Stable Point Releases in Debian
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-o Install, reject and remove packages as directed by the SRM
+o run 'dak clean-proposed-updates' to get rid of obsolete .changes
+ from p-u ['dak clean-proposed-updates *.changes' from within p-u]
+o [also check for obsolete .changes caused by 'dak rm'-ing from p-u]
+o Update dak.conf (at least the section for Reject-Proposed-Updates,
+ before using 'dak reject-proposed-updates')
+o Install, reject and remove packages as directed by the SRM using
+ 'dak process-accepted' (installs), 'dak reject-proposed-updates'
+ (rejects) and 'dak rm' (removals)
+
+ NB: removing packages are not logged to the stable ChangeLog; you
+ need to do that byhand.
+
o Do anything in proposed-updates/TODO
-o Close any applicable potato bugs (hint: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=ftp.debian.org&include=potato)
-o Update README and dists/README
+o Close any applicable stable bugs
+ (hint: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=ftp.debian.org&include=etch)
+o Update version number in README, README.html and dists/README (ftp-master only)
o Update the 'Debian<n>.<n>r<n>' symlink in dists/
-o Comment out "Untouchable" in katie.conf[-non-US]
-o Run 'jenna -s'
-o Run apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf.stable[-non-US]
-o Uncomment "Untouchable" in katie.conf[-non-US]
-o Update version fields in katie.conf[-non-US]
-o Update fields in suite table in postgresql
-o Copy tree/directory for stable to apt.conf[-non-US], run ziyi, remove it from apt.conf[-non-US]
+o Clean up dists/stable/ChangeLog (add header, basically)
+o Update version fields in dak.conf
+o Update fields in suite table in postgresql (see below)
-Yes, this sucks and more of it should be automated.
+o Comment out "Untouchable" in dak.conf
+o Run 'dak make-suite-file-list -s stable'
+o Run apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf.stable
+o Run 'dak generate-releases stable' ** FIXME: requires apt.conf.stable stanza for stable in apt.conf
+ ** FIXME: must be run as dak
+o Uncomment "Untouchable" in dak.conf
-update suite set version = '2.2r5' where id = 2;
-update suite set version = '2.2r6' where id = 3;
-update suite set version = '3.0-testing' where id = 4;
-update suite set version = '3.0' where id = 5;
-update suite set version = '3.0-testing-updates' where id = 6;
-update suite set description = 'Debian 2.2r5 Released 10th January 2002' where id = 2;
-update suite set description = 'Proposed Updates for Debian 2.2r5 - Not Released' where id = 3;
-update suite set description = 'Debian 3.0 Testing distribution - Not Released' where id = 4;
-update suite set description = 'Debian 3.0 Unstable - Not Released' where id = 5;
-update suite set description = 'Debian 3.0 Testing distribution updates - Not Released' where id = 6;
+Yes, this sucks and more of it should be automated.
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+update suite set version = '4.0r1' where suite_name = 'stable';
+update suite set description = 'Debian 4.0r1 Released 15th August 2007' where suite_name = 'stable';