[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-release-team
Subject:    Re: Why are 4.8.80 packages already out in the wild?
From:       Sebastian =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-06-04 8:52:13
Message-ID: 1366679.GEhOHdIS95 () miro
[Download RAW message or body]

On Sunday, June 03, 2012 20:46:56 Martin Gr=E4=DFlin wrote:
> I don't want to blame anyone (that's why I did not name the distros).

Well, it's a specific distro pushing out packages too early to its users (a=
nd =

in this case, a group that doesn't understand that these are not 4.8.80 =

packages until we announce them).

Which distro did you experience this with? I can talk to them to be a bit m=
ore =

patient.

The issue is that we need to give distros some time to build packages, and =
to =

give those packages a first run to rule out packaging problems as much as =

possible. Packages may not be announced though, and should only be handed o=
ut =

to people who understand the pre-releases-ness of the packages.

From the rest of the emails, I understand that it's Arch packages. In my =

opinion, the ball lies with Arch here, and we should ask if they can make i=
t =

clear to their users what that repo is for, in which they put the packages: =

Until we announce it, it's not more than a test build of a random snapshot.
-- =

sebas

http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9
_______________________________________________
release-team mailing list
release-team@kde.org
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]