Rough Guide to doing Stable Point Releases in Debian ---------------------------------------------------- o Install, reject and remove packages as directed by the SRM 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 Update the 'Debian.r' 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] Yes, this sucks and more of it should be automated. 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;