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[João Luís Marques Pinto <joao.pinto@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
to summarize our discussion.

We will be providing new packages and updates for 8.04 until the 9.04 is 
released, however with a visible descriptions of  "lower priority" work, 
our main target for packaging will be 8.10 .
I need to do some changes on ABS to accommodate this change to our 
processes.
My idea is to create mutiple upload/building queues, following the 
following scheme:

   getdeb-all:  Build for for Hardy and Intrepid (32 and 64)
   getdeb-hardy: Build for Hardy
   getdeb-intrepid: Build for Intrepid

If a package build rules is suitable for both hardy and intrepid it 
should be uploaded to -all, otherwise different uploads will be needed 
for each queue, or for just one queue.
I will try to have this implemented by this weekend, but I can't 
guarantee, the build scripts will require significant changes.

There are also other parts of the release process that will need to be 
changed, I will address those on different mails.


Thanks

Marko Oreskovic wrote:
> João Luís Marques Pinto wrote:
> > Marko Oreskovic wrote:
> > > Peter van der Does wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:46:36 +0100
> > > > João Luís Marques Pinto <joao.pinto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > > as planned the 8.10 RC was released yesterday, the ABS is now setup
> > > > > to build for Intrepid.
> > > >
> > > > Does this mean we're not building for Hardy anymore even though Hardy
> > > > is a LTS release?
> > >
> > > I am thinking about continuing support for 8.04 LTS.
> > > I am still in a phase of begining to include myself in the process 
> > > at getdeb but I have a fairly good will to make new packages for 
> > > 8.04, since I think I would stay on LTS for a while.
> > Hello Marko, thanks for joining the list.
> > A have a few questions:
> > Until which phase are you planning to keep with LTS? It does not make 
> > sense to provide support for just a few months, if we keep updating 
> > Hardy then it should be at least until Ubuntu 9.04 RC .
> > Would you be able to try to build most of the packages or you just 
> > have interest for a minimal set of packages ?
>
> Hi João ;)
> I am very glad you anwered and thank you for your greetings on joining 
> the list. I am subscribed to list for a long time, but didn`t take 
> action till now.
>
> I agree that support for Hardy should be fully available till 9.04 
> Release.
> My thinking about variety and number of pakages made for LTS is that 
> it would depend on the number of requested library updates for LTS for 
> new version of programs. I am thinking about supporting and porting 
> all packages that could be ported and supported but I am shure that 
> number of packages will be smaller and smaller as we are reaching 9.04.
>
> I am willing to try to build most of the packages and all packages that
> is reasonable to port in the future.
> So my will to do that is very high, I just need to familiarize myself
> in collaboration on Getdeb and the proper way the job is done ;)
>
> Marko O.


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