Release Update: timings, status and awesomeness

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Subject: Release Update: timings, status and awesomeness

From: Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org>

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:36:35 +0000

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Hi all, Once again, and hopefully for a final time, I'm writing to you with a release update. Timings ======= Now that a release candidate of the installer has been uploaded[0], and tested, a few issues have been identified and was binNMUed today. This should turn into RC2 by the end of the week. This means we are able to begin the final preparations for a release of Debian 6.0 - "Squeeze". Following on from above, we now have a target date of the weekend of 5th and 6th February for the release. We have checked with core teams, and this seems to be acceptable for everyone. The intention is only to lift that date if something really critical pops up that is not possible to handle as an errata, or if we end up technically unable to release that weekend (eg., a needed machine crashes, RC2 exploding in a giant ball of fire etc.). Every other fix that doesn't make it in time will be r1 material. Please be sure to contact us about the RC fixes you'd like included in the point release! Status ====== From the usertags page[1]: you can see a total of: Blockers for Squeeze bugs (4 bugs) Planned for removal bugs (22 bugs) Ignored for Squeeze bugs (109 bugs) These have all been actioned/fixed. However, there are also between 25/30 bugs that haven't yet been tagged[2] and aren't hinted. These will be actioned shortly. Awesomeness of Squeeze ====================== We really need some more work on http://wiki.debian.org/NewInSqueeze, please help contribute! Let's tell everyone why Squeeze will be the best release ever. As well as this, release notes, installation guides and documentation in general, especially translations can always do with some work. Please see previous mails on these, and help if you can. Neil, on behalf of the Debian Release Team [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/01/msg00002.html [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=release.debian.org@packages.debian.org;tag=squeeze-can-defer;tag=squeeze-will-remove;tag=squeeze-is-blocker;ordering=squeeze-sort [2] http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi?release=squeeze¬squeeze=ign&merged=ign&rtsqueeze-can-defer=ign&fnewerval=7&rc=1&sortby=id&sorto=asc&chints=1&crttags=1 -- <h01ger> ETOOMUCHSPANISHTOOFAST