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 use halle to get rid of obsolete .changes from p-u ['halle *.changes' from within p-u]
+o [also check for obsolete .changes caused by melanie-ing from p-u]
+o Install, reject and remove packages as directed by the SRM using
+ kelly (installs), lauren (rejects) and melanie (removals)
- NB1: !! you must run kelly from within dists/proposed-updates; kelly
- takes it's "I'm doing a point release" cue from the CWD. !!
-
- NB2: removing packages are not logged to the changelog; you need to
- do that byhand.
+ 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 woody bugs
o Comment out "Untouchable" in katie.conf[-non-US]
o Run 'jenna -s stable'
o Run apt-ftparchive generate apt.conf.stable[-non-US]
-o Copy tree/directory for stable to apt.conf[-non-US], run ziyi, remove it from apt.conf[-non-US]
+o Run 'ziyi stable' ** FIXME: requires apt.conf.stable stanza for stable in apt.conf
+ ** FIXME: must be run as katie
o Uncomment "Untouchable" in katie.conf[-non-US]
Yes, this sucks and more of it should be automated.
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-update suite set version = '3.0r1' where suite_name = 'stable';
-update suite set description = 'Debian 3.0r1 Released 15th December 2002' where suite_name = 'stable';
+update suite set version = '3.0r4' where suite_name = 'stable';
+update suite set description = 'Debian 3.0r4 Released 31st December 2004' where suite_name = 'stable';