Clarifying Unseeded Universe Freeze

[Kate Stewart]

On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 14:04 +0100, Iain Lane wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 08:34:20AM -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:39:09 AM Iain Lane wrote:
> > 
> > […] but if you 
> > want people to focus on something (e.g. RC bugs list), I think it's probably 
> > better to evangelize working on that via IRC, mail lists, p.u.c, etc than to 
> > expect having a rule that other things are allowed will reprioritize what 
> > people do.  It will in some cases, but others will just stop and do something 
> > else entirely.
> 
> Yes, I was thinking we'd do that in a universe release update after this
> discussion concludes.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> ,----[ Universe final freeze policy ]-
> | The Unseeded Universe Final Freeze will begin on yyyy-mm-dd at hh:mm
> | UTC. After this time, all uploads to unseeded packages in universe and
> | multiverse will need to be approved by the release team. Only uploads
> | which fix important bugs (severity High or greater) will be considered.

When the archive is frozen,  all fixes (including those in unseeded
packages in universe) need to be reviewed for acceptance it doesn't just
happen for the 12 hours possible post Unseeded Universe Freeze as
outlined. 

After the Unseeded Universe Final Freeze, only those fixes requested by
release team members will be accepted in. 
> | 
> | Release team members will try to make themselves available on
> | #ubuntu-motu for upload approval. 

Seems like a very good idea that the #ubuntu-motu be used to discuss the
fixes being reviewed, and reserve #ubuntu-release for image creation
issues.   

Release team's MOTU representative would be the logical "go to" person
to identify for dicussions if something should go in our out.   I know
that I and several other of the release team members directly involved
in the last fixes and testing, won't have bandwidth for
redirecting/dealing with the random queries about specific packages in
this interval. 

> You may wish to consult the RC bugs
> | list at
> | 
> |   http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/bugs/rcbugs/
> | 
> | when looking for important fixes that Oneiric does not yet have.

Since alot of the ones on the list may also be in main,  does it make
sense to stress again, only Unseeded Universe Bug fixes will be
considered in this interval (since main has gone through Final Freeze)?

> | Consider prioritising important bugs from the sponsoring queue.
> | 
> | The final deadline for uploads is 2011-10-09 12:00 UTC (approximately
> | 1.5 days before release). Fixes for showstopper bugs may be accepted
> | for 12 further hours after this, at the release team's discretion, but
> | any other uploads should follow the Stable Release Update policy.

2011-10-11 at 12:00 UTC is 1.5 days ;)   Probably this should be made
explicit in note, and left at 1.5 days in the Process page.

Kate