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* Packages must be able to install cleanly | * Packages must be able to install cleanly | ||
Additional tests will be set by [[ | Additional tests will be set by [[FESCo]] with input from [[QA]]. | ||
== Updates to 'important' packages == | == Updates to 'important' packages == | ||
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* Major desktop productivity apps. An initial list would be firefox, kdebase (konqueror), thunderbird, evolution, kdepim (kmail). | * Major desktop productivity apps. An initial list would be firefox, kdebase (konqueror), thunderbird, evolution, kdepim (kmail). | ||
Changes to this criteria would be done by [[ | Changes to this criteria would be done by [[FESCo]] or their delegate. | ||
== All other updates == | == All other updates == | ||
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* reach the criteria laid out in section 2 '''OR''' | * reach the criteria laid out in section 2 '''OR''' | ||
* reach the positive [[ | * reach the positive [[Bodhi]] karma threshold specified by the updates submitter '''OR''' | ||
* spend some minimum amount of time in updates-testing, currently one week | * spend some minimum amount of time in [[updates-testing]], currently one week | ||
= Exception process = | = Exception process = | ||
Any update that wants to bypass these procedures requires majority approval from [[ | Any update that wants to bypass these procedures requires majority approval from [[FESCo]]. | ||
[[Category:Package Maintainers]] [[Category:Policy]] | [[Category:Package Maintainers]] [[Category:Policy]] | ||
Revision as of 22:24, 21 June 2010
Until tooling work is finished, this policy is not live.
For a package to be pushed to the stable updates repository, it must meet the following criteria.
Criteria common to all updates
All updates, including security updates, must pass acceptance criteria before being pushed.
The list of tests will be:
- Packages must not break dependencies
- Packages must not break upgrade path
- Packages must not introduce new file/package conflicts
- Packages must be able to install cleanly
Additional tests will be set by FESCo with input from QA.
Updates to 'important' packages
Updates that constitute a part of the 'important' package set (defined below) must follow the rules as defined for critical path packages for pending releases, meaning that they require positive karma from a defined group of testers before they go stable. This also includes security updates for these packages.
The 'important' package set is defined as the following:
- The current critical path package set
- All major desktop environments' core functionality (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE)
- Package updating frameworks (gnome-packagekit, kpackagekit)
- Major desktop productivity apps. An initial list would be firefox, kdebase (konqueror), thunderbird, evolution, kdepim (kmail).
Changes to this criteria would be done by FESCo or their delegate.
All other updates
All other updates must either:
- reach the criteria laid out in section 2 OR
- reach the positive Bodhi karma threshold specified by the updates submitter OR
- spend some minimum amount of time in updates-testing, currently one week
Exception process
Any update that wants to bypass these procedures requires majority approval from FESCo.