Re: Formal objection: Changing how the testing of potato works would invalidate the whole test. So please don't change it.
Summary of my position on this:
1. The final release of potato needs to have the Adaptec SCSI bug fixed.
2. If no one is yet testing in the present test cycle because there are no
official images to use, then I say we might as well fix the bug now before
effectively starting the test cycle.
3. If the current test cycle is sufficiently far underway even without the
CD images, such that it would greatly inconvenience the boot-floppies team
or others involved directly in the release work, then we may as well defer
the bug fix until the next test cycle -- with the understanding that there
will have to be at least one more test cycle.
Basically, I'll be happy as long as potato does not release with a broken
Adaptec SCSI driver, as slink did.
-- Mike
On 2000-05-14 at 22:30 -0700, Jim Lynch wrote:
> OK, read it. Apparently, your message was in response to a bug filed against
> the kernel. Having read Mike Bilow's message about bug 63946, I agree that
> the bug is release critical. I don't necessarily agree that any change to
> the image is warranted. We have to draw the line somewhere, and it would be
> nice to move forward a step. You are suggesting we move at least 2 steps
> back, once for the cancellation of the test cycle, and again for altering
> the way it's done, which might cause a major step back: to cancel the whole
> test.
* * *
> The images have been created? This hasn't been announced to my knowledge;
> I looked at the web site you cite (within cdimage.debian.org) in another
> note and it says that such images are not officially available yet. Does
> anyone have more current info?
>
> If images are -officially- available, let's go with the first test phase.
> Otherwise, let's have some patience while stability increases.
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